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Guy Ritchie And Lionel Wigram Join ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday December 8, 2011 @ 12:57pm PSTTags: Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram, The Man From UNCLE
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is making a deal with Guy Ritchie and his new partner Lionel Wigram to come aboard The Man From U.N.C.L.E., the film that Steven Soderbergh left just recently over budget and difficulty with casting after George Clooney dropped out. Based on the classic TV show, the film has a script by Scott Z. Burns.  Ritchie and Wigram are forming a shingle together after making the Sherlock Holmes films. The intention is for Ritchie to direct the film.

This would be the first project under the new shingle for the British director and producer, who open Sherlock Holmes: Game Of Shadows on December 16. The film premieres in the UK tonight.

Soderbergh has set his sights on The Bitter Pill, a thriller that Summit will put into production next year, after this week closing a deal that calls for a green light commitment on the Burns-scripted thriller.

 

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Steven Soderbergh Says Uncle On Movie Transfer Of TV Spy Series

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 18, 2011 @ 11:56am PSTTags: George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, The Man From UNCLE
Mike Fleming

You could practically feel Steven Soderbergh’s The Man From UNCLE losing its mojo after his former partner George Clooney bowed out in August because the actor’s getting surgery and wasn’t up for the stunts. Sure enough, Soderbergh has dropped … Read More »

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Channing Tatum For ‘Man From U.N.C.L.E.?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 14, 2011 @ 4:53pm PSTTags: Channing Tatum, George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, The Man From UNCLE
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Soderbergh, who just directed Channing Tatum in Magic Mike, is eyeing him for the lead in The Man From U.N.C.L.E., I’m told. Both of those films are at Warner Bros. Soderbergh has been looking for an actor to … Read More »

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