Sources tell Deadline, Regé-Jean Page will star and executive produce a new, reimagined version of TheSaint for Paramount Pictures Lorenzo DiBonaventura, Brad Krevoy and the late Robert Evans will produce with Kwame Kwei-Armah penning the script
Lorenzo DiBonaventura, Brad Krevoy and the late Robert Evans will produce with Kwame Kwei-Armah penning the script.
The 1920s book series followed Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, a Robin Hood-esque criminal and thief for hire who goes on a globetrotting adventure. While plot details for this pic are being kept under wraps, insiders say this will be a completely new take that completely reimagines the character and world around him.
Paramount’s Motion Picture Group President, Emma Watts, has been high on Page for some time following his breakout role on movie. Following the news he would not return for the second season, she and other execs moved quickly to find the right project for Page and those close to the actor said