"The Saint" Revival's "New Take" on Simon Templar

[CBR News]

Co-producer Jim Martin spoke with SPINOFF ONLINE about the planned television revival of "The Saint," starring Adam Rayner, Eliza Dushku and Greg Grunberg, teasing, "It's not a reboot and it's not a remake."


Full article here.

[DennyK]

I have very fond memories of watching "The Saint" with Roger Moore with my grandfather as a kid. For whatever reason I still have yet to see the movie with Val Kilmer. I hope this is good.

[dupersuper]

"In the 85 years since his debut in Leslie Charteris’ 1928 novel The Saint, Simon Templar has appeared in more than 75 books (36 of which were written by his creator), 15 films, 11 radio serials, two TV shows, a series of made-for-TV movies, and a decade-long comic strip. But as Martin explained to Spinoff Online, there are still more stories to tell."

Jeez: I had no idea. I knew about the Roger Moore series (which I never saw), the Val Kilmer movie (which I liked), and had a vague notion it was based on a pulp novel hero.

[edhopper]

I'm old enough to remember George Sanders, on TV of course, not the theaters

[Karl Cook]

"In the 85 years since his debut in Leslie Charteris’ 1928 novel The Saint, Simon Templar has appeared in more than 75 books (36 of which were written by his creator), 15 films, 11 radio serials, two TV shows, a series of made-for-TV movies, and a decade-long comic strip. But as Martin explained to Spinoff Online, there are still more stories to tell."

Jeez: I had no idea. I knew about the Roger Moore series (which I never saw), the Val Kilmer movie (which I liked), and had a vague notion it was based on a pulp novel hero.

In the UK, we had this one in the late '70s/early '80s. Which is worth a look because you'll probably never have seen such a bizarre intro, ever...

[Karl Cook]

There were also six feature-length episodes that aired in 1989 on ITV in the UK.

http://www.saint.org/jensen.htm