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Is Bradley Cooper "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." ?
According to reports, Warner Bros. and actor Bradley Cooper ("The Hangover") are in talks for Cooper to star as secret agent 'Napoloeon Solo' in Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh's upoming big screen adaptation of the 1960's NBC TV spy series, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.".
The new film will be produced by David Dobkin, Jeffrey Kleeman and John Davis, based on a screenplay by Scott Z. Burns ("The Informant").
The original NBC TV series, airing September 1964 to January 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 the clandestine, international law-enforcement agency 'U.N.C.L.E.' ('United Network Command for Law and Enforcement').
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced 105 "U.N.C.L.E." episodes, originally developed by Sam Rolfe for executive producer Norman Felton, with"James Bond" author Ian Fleming contributing characters 'Napoleon Solo' and 'April Dancer', to series scriptwriters Robert Towne ("Chinatown") and Harlan Ellison ("The City On The Edge Of Forever").
In the TV series, American Solo (Vaughn) and Russian 'Illya Kuryakin' (McCallum) report to 'Alexander Waverly' (Leo G. Carrol'), aka 'Number One of Section One'. U.N.C.L.E.'s archenemy is 'THRUSH' ('Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and Subjugation of Humanity'), that originated within the WW II Third Reich, believing in a '2-party' system of masters and slaves.
According to reports, Warner Bros. and actor Bradley Cooper ("The Hangover") are in talks for Cooper to star as secret agent 'Napoloeon Solo' in Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh's upoming big screen adaptation of the 1960's NBC TV spy series, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.".
The new film will be produced by David Dobkin, Jeffrey Kleeman and John Davis, based on a screenplay by Scott Z. Burns ("The Informant").
The original NBC TV series, airing September 1964 to January 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 the clandestine, international law-enforcement agency 'U.N.C.L.E.' ('United Network Command for Law and Enforcement').
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced 105 "U.N.C.L.E." episodes, originally developed by Sam Rolfe for executive producer Norman Felton, with"James Bond" author Ian Fleming contributing characters 'Napoleon Solo' and 'April Dancer', to series scriptwriters Robert Towne ("Chinatown") and Harlan Ellison ("The City On The Edge Of Forever").
In the TV series, American Solo (Vaughn) and Russian 'Illya Kuryakin' (McCallum) report to 'Alexander Waverly' (Leo G. Carrol'), aka 'Number One of Section One'. U.N.C.L.E.'s archenemy is 'THRUSH' ('Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and Subjugation of Humanity'), that originated within the WW II Third Reich, believing in a '2-party' system of masters and slaves.
TV Spin-offs included "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.".
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