The Saint is back

Posted on December 10, 2007
Filed Under Actors, News

The Saint… it’s a love and hate thing for me. The series with Roger Moore was ok, I guess, considering it was broadcast during the 60′s. The latest movie attempt, Philip Noyce’s 1997 thriller (with Val Kilmer in the title role) wasn’t that bad but… No, it didn’t do it for me. And now comes the “but”. The musical score, the theme from “The Saint”. It’s just magical! So, I’m kind of torn here… Anyway, here’s the latest news on “The Saint”:

Apparently the British actor James Purefoy is stepping into the shoes of Simon Templar.

A posting on the official site of Leslie Charteris, the late Chinese-English crime novelist who created and penned over a hundred adventures in book and TV form for her gentleman thief character The Saint, reports that a new incarnation is on the way.

The posting says “we can confirm that pre-production has started on a two-hour pilot film for a new series of The Saint. It will star James Purefoy as the Saint and will shoot in Berlin and Australia in April next year.”

Well, I wish James Purefoy good luck and I look forward to listening to the theme once again.

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