So, Superman and The Lone Ranger meet in a bar and the result is ... well, rather a lot different than what I expect would have happened if Steven Soderbergh had directed this thing as originally planned but the first trailer for Guy Ritchie's
The Man From UNCLE is here and it would appear that between this and
Kingsman: The Secret Service - directed, of course, by Ritchie's
Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and
Snatch producer Matthew Vaughn - it would appear that there's a move afoot to make the whole espionage thing into a bit of good, escapist fun again. Cue socio-political commentary are harder to sell to audiences these days here.
Henry Cavill ("Man of Steel") stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer ("The Social Network") as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie's "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series.
Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin. Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E" also stars Alicia Vikander ("Anna Karenina"), Elizabeth Debicki ("The Great Gatsby"), with Jared Harris ("Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows"), and Hugh Grant as Waverly.
The screenplay was written by Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram, who previously collaborated on re-imagining the classic detective Sherlock Holmes in two hit films. The story is by Jeff Kleeman & David Campbell Wilson and Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram, based on the television series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
Take a look at the trailer below.