RIP David McCalllum
David McCallum, whose genre career stretched from The Man From UNCLE to Ben 10, has died, a few days after his 90th birthday. Although perhaps best known to contemporary audiences […]
RIP composer Gerald Fried
Gerald Fried, who composed for many genre series including Mission: Impossible and Star Trek, has died aged 95. Fried was responsible for the score for Amok Time, which featured the […]
RIP Peter Allan Fields
Prolific American scriptwriter Peter Allan Fields has passed away. Probably best known for his contributions to Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space 9 – notably co-writing […]
RIP Fritz Weaver
Veteran stage and screen actor Fritz Weaver has died, aged 90. The highly acclaimed actor is perhaps best remembered for his role in the 1978 drama Holocaust, for which he […]
Hugh Grant joins UNCLE movie
With filming only a few weeks away, the cast for Guy Ritchie’s reboot of The Man From UNCLE is building. Joining Henry Cavill and Arnie Hammer as Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin are Alicia Vikander and The Great Gatsby‘s Elizabeth Debicki as the female leads, with Hugh Grant the most recent addition, set to play the Director of British Naval […]
Guy Ritchie goes from Holmes to UNCLE?
It looks as if British director Guy Ritchie and his production partner Lionel Wigram are going to be the new team behind the resurrected adventures of Napoleon Solo, The Man From UNCLE. According to a report at Deadline, Ritchie and Wigram are coming on board the revamp, which recently suffered the losses of prospective star George Clooney and director Steven […]
Soderbergh abandons UNCLE
Steven Soderbergh’s long-gestating adaptation of the 1960s hit series The Man From UNCLE seems to have come to the end of the road, according to reports emerging today. According to Deadline, Soderbergh has “dropped out of the project because he and Warner Bros couldn’t agree on budget,” although George Clooney’s decision not to take on the role of Napoleon Solo […]
Bradley Cooper to jump from A-Team to UNCLE?
According to a report in Variety, A-Team star Bradley Cooper is Steven Soderbergh’s choice to replace George Clooney as Napoleon Solo in his upcoming remake of the classic 1960s spy […]
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