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Warners Targets Big Screen "Man From U.N.C.L. E."
According to reports, Warner Bros. Pictures have signed Max Borenstein to write a screenplay for a big screen "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", adapting the 1960's TV series, for director David Dobkin and producers John Davis and Jeff Kleeman.
The original US TV series, broadcast on NBC September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968 followed the exploits of two secret agents, played by actors Robert Vaughn ("The Magnificent Seven") and David McCallum ("The Great Escape") , who work for secret international law-enforcement agency 'U.N.C.L.E.' ('United Network Command for Law and Enforcement').
105 episodes were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, originally developed by Sam Rolfe for executive producer Norman Felton, with "James Bond" author Ian Fleming contributing the characters 'Napoleon Solo' and 'April Dancer', for series sciptwriters Robert Towne ("Chinatown") and Harlan Ellison ("The City On The Edge Of Forever").
In the TV series, American Napoleon Solo (Vaughn) and Russian 'Illya Kuryakin' (McCallum) reported to 'Alexander Waverly' (Leo G. Carrol'), aka 'Number One of Section One'. Unlike the CIA and 'MI6', U.N.C.L.E. was a worldwide organization composed of agents from all corners of the globe.
U.N.C.L.E.'s archenemy was 'THRUSH' ('Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and Subjugation of Humanity'), rising out of the Third Reich and believing in a '2-party' system: the masters and the slaves.
TV Spin-offs included "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.".
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."...
According to reports, Warner Bros. Pictures have signed Max Borenstein to write a screenplay for a big screen "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", adapting the 1960's TV series, for director David Dobkin and producers John Davis and Jeff Kleeman.
The original US TV series, broadcast on NBC September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968 followed the exploits of two secret agents, played by actors Robert Vaughn ("The Magnificent Seven") and David McCallum ("The Great Escape") , who work for secret international law-enforcement agency 'U.N.C.L.E.' ('United Network Command for Law and Enforcement').
105 episodes were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, originally developed by Sam Rolfe for executive producer Norman Felton, with "James Bond" author Ian Fleming contributing the characters 'Napoleon Solo' and 'April Dancer', for series sciptwriters Robert Towne ("Chinatown") and Harlan Ellison ("The City On The Edge Of Forever").
In the TV series, American Napoleon Solo (Vaughn) and Russian 'Illya Kuryakin' (McCallum) reported to 'Alexander Waverly' (Leo G. Carrol'), aka 'Number One of Section One'. Unlike the CIA and 'MI6', U.N.C.L.E. was a worldwide organization composed of agents from all corners of the globe.
U.N.C.L.E.'s archenemy was 'THRUSH' ('Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and Subjugation of Humanity'), rising out of the Third Reich and believing in a '2-party' system: the masters and the slaves.
TV Spin-offs included "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.".
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."...
