Simon Templar/The Saint is based on a literary character created in the 1920s by Leslie Charteris.
The project by Paramount currently includes producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who has also worked on many action films — including The Meg, Deepwater Horizon, and Transformers: The Last Knight.
According to Deadline, Chris Pratt is in early talks to lead another action film — this time as Robin Hood-esque criminal Simon Templar, previously played by the late James Bond actor Roger Moore in a British ’60s television series, and Val Kilmer in a 1997 film.