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Guy Ritchie boards 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.'
By Adnan Tezer Dec 15, 2011, 21:27 GMT
Guy Ritchie and his producing partner Lionel Wigram are boarding Warner Bros.' long gestating big-screen adaptation of the 1960s TV series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
According to Deadline.com, Ritchie will direct from a Scott Z. Burns script.
Steven Soderbergh had been attached to direct the project before dropping out over budget and casting concerns.
"U.N.C.L.E." aired 105 episodes on NBC from 1964-68, during the Cold War era that saw several spy shows on the air. James Bond author Ian Fleming was a contributor to the show's creation.
It follows the exploits of two secret agents, American Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Russian Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum), who work for a fictitious secret international law-enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. (the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement).
George Clooney had been the original choice for the Napoleon Solo role but had to leave the project.
Matt Damon, Johnny Depp and Bradley Cooper also passed on the role.
Ritchie's latest film, "Sherlock Holmes: Game Of Shadows," opens domestically on December 16.
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