James Purefoy is The Saint
emtiem
SurreyPosts: 5,948MI6 Agent
From saint.org:
What do you reckon? They don't mention having a broadcaster, which is always a bit of a worry. If it happens it could be decent though, depending on who they get to make it.
saint.org wrote:James Purefoy, who played Mark Antony in "Rome" is set to play the new Simon Templar in the forthcoming TV series of The Saint.
Bill Macdonald tells www.saint.org (the official website of The Saint Club) that his team is prepping a two-hour pilot for a European shoot. The reason for shooting in Europe is the current strike situation in U.S. would otherwise hold up production. Shooting in Berlin and Australia begins in April.
Bill goes on to say that the show is being produced by himself (William J. MacDonald), Geoffrey Moore (Sir Roger Moore's son), and Jorge Zamacona (most recently of "Oz").
James Purefoy, who will play the new Saint, was screen tested for the role of James Bond in 1995 for Goldeneye, and throughout 2004 and 2005 Purefoy's name was rumoured as a possible candidate to replace Brosnan as agent 007 in future James Bond films. These rumors surfaced again before the 2006 film, Casino Royale.
What do you reckon? They don't mention having a broadcaster, which is always a bit of a worry. If it happens it could be decent though, depending on who they get to make it.
Comments
As long as they use Orbital's theme from that movie, I'm all for it. Although I'm sure we won't see it right away over here once it airs.
Maybe not at all...
Batman: "The Hammer Of Justice is UNISEX!"
-Batman: The Brave & The Bold -
Yes I do hope they use the Roger/Val theme as opposed to the 'proper' one which Charteris came up with and is used in every other version- the first Roger one is just so much better!
Hopefully the producers will go back to Leslie Charteris and readapt his stories-that alone is easily enough source material for several seasons.Why work with lesser authors?After all,other writers-among them Fleming Lee,who Charteris personally selected as his successor-could not improve on The Saint's creator.
Not sure though. Urbanised period thrillers need more blood and style to grab attention, like The Untouchables and The Godfather or LA Confidential. Otherwise it can look anachronistic. The Indiana Jones series is mostly set in the jungle or the desert, places that don't date much at all. So even though he's battling Nazis, there isn't that jarring moment where you realise the past is a different country.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I think Purefoy and can pull it off if the scripts are right.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I won't even pretend to understand what you're getting at ?:)
EDIT: Oh, yeah...
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Gotta admit, I'm expecting something more akin to "Highlander" in terms of writing quality, dunno why...guess we'll see.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I think it will be set in the present. Presumably it would cost a lot more to make it a period piece, and I imagine they would want to utilise the success of the Bourne films, CR 07, 24, and in the UK Spooks. The trend at the moment does seem to be for a certain level of realism. I hope they put some glamour in it though. There's nothing around like that at the moment.
Plus I like to see the Saint in a cool modern car
Mark me down as Return of the Saint having the best motor so far. Perhaps a new Jag XKR? In white, natch.
I join with John in hoping that-as with all of the other TV incarnations of The Saint-this show has its share of charm and elegance.Those are some of the qualities that always set The Saint apart from other action heroes.I think it'd be a shame if it turns out that the resemblance this newest Saint has to the literary character is only the famous name and nothing more.
Yeah definitely. Although not in period, I don't see any reason why he can't be a bit more faithful to the book character than previous versions- make him a bit more playful (Ogilvy got this a bit more), but a bit more of a crook too- he is supposed to be a bit of a thief, after all. He's been a bit too much of a cut-price Bond (Roger's notably) whereas he can be fairly unique.
Agreed. They have to put the guy that Charteris wrote about on the screen. If it's just a Bond knock-off it might be fun, but I don't think it will stand out or last. At the weekend I was flicking through the TV channels, and I settled on an episode of Hart to Hart. Now HtH was Cheese, but I ended up watching it because it had a kind of glamour that you just don't see anymore on screen. Remington Steele, which is perhaps a better example had this too. It would be nice if they could combine the toughness present in the original Charteris novels, with those kind of production values.