[THE_EPISTLE] copyrights

[Ian Dickerson]

Yeah it pops up periodically...pretty much every time a new Saint show/film
is proposed.

On 27/04/06, Walters, Delmo <delmo at nypost.com> wrote:
>
> I had heard about the "Roger as Simon meeting his son" idea in Cinescape
> magazine.
>
> Delmo Walters Jr.
>
> > ----------
> > From:     Mailing list of the Saint club on behalf of Ian Dickerson
> > Reply To:    Mailing list of the Saint club
> > Sent:     Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:27 AM
> > To:     THEEPISTLE at OGHAM.ORG
> > Subject:  Re: [THE_EPISTLE] copyrights
> >
> > That's one way of putting it. The rights were sold in the very late
> > 80s--effectively killing off a proposed second season of the Dutton
> Saint.
> > LC wrote an initial four page outline which was rapidly discarded by The
> > Paramount Powers That Be.
> >
> > Off the top of my head I seem to recall that Jonathan Hensleigh's
> > script--which formed the basis for the final Kilmer film--was script
> > no.7(I've got them all somewhere at home so will check later).
> > Certainly the
> > early scripts did indeed feature a Saint and a Junior Saint--a concept
> which
> > LC had initiated and supported. Just a shame about the rest of the
> story.
> >
> > Tom Cruise kinda barged in, took one look at what was then the current
> > script and went on to do Mission Impossible instead.
> >
> > Kilmer contributed several ideas to what was the final film--primarily
> the
> > concept of the Saint's disguises. Wesley Strick was bought in to rewrite
> > Hensleigh's script and also incorporate KIlmer's ideas. Strick remains a
> fan
> > of the original Saint and did his best, but was fighting against a star
> and
> > a studio who thought they knew better.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
> > On 26/04/06, Michael Orr <Writedumas at aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Is it true as I once read that LC  had sold the rights to Paramount
> back
> > > in
> > > the 80s and wanted to do a Saint  (Roger) with a son (?) to carry on
> the
> > > story
> > > in a new movie version: I also  heard LC had written an outline and
> that
> > > for a
> > > while (God help us!) Tom Cruise  was being considered by the studio.
> > > Then with studio heads being  chopped, Sony etc from Japan, buying
> studios
> > > (for a while; they are mostly back  in US hands nows), it was simply
> put
> > > on the
> > > back burner: then Charteris died in  1993...
> > > ...and the people in charge wanted  Kilmer, and it was Val who gave
> them
> > > the
> > > scenario he liked and they ran with it  (which shows Kilmer, whom I
> > > usually
> > > like, knew very llittle about the Saint  background, or did not
> respect
> > > the
> > > author and his stories enough, which I hope  is not the truth).
> > > Comments, Ian?
> > > Michael
> > > (Toronto)
> > >
> > > Ph: (416)  481-2477
> > > Fax: (416) 481-3577
> > > E-mail:  Writedumas at aol.com
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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