Things have been moving forward on the big screen adaption of the 1960's espionage series The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which featured James Bond creator Ian Fleming as consultant, since Guy Ritchie took over from original director Steven Soderbergh. Tom Cruise has been the only actor attached to the project for now, but now it is moving forward with Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger) signing on to star.
Following two agents from the United Network Command for Law Enforcement, the movie will be a contemporary update of the series, though there is now word on whether it will replicate the over the top tone (everything from aliens to zombies to mind control were covered in its four year run), with Cruise playing Napoleon Solo and Hammer as Illya Kuryakin, portrayed by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum in the original.
via Deadline