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I totally forgot that this film was made. It seems like The Man From UNCLE was filed two years ago, right? Right. Anyway, there was just a flurry of newly released material for the film, including a poster, a still and a trailer. The film is a reboot (of sorts) of the classic 1960s show, with Henry Cavill starring at the CIA super-agent Napoleon Solo and Armie Hammer starring as the KGB super-agent Illya Kuryakin. They’re forced to team up together on a special mission. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and there’s bonus Alicia Vikander and Hugh Grant in there. Here’s the trailer:

My take? It actually looks pretty good. I could see where there would be a temptation to turn this into a straight-up spoof, in the manner of Austin Powers, but it seems more like they’re doing a straight-up reboot with some comedic elements. Henry Cavill’s accent work sounds really good too – he genuinely sounds American. I’m not sure about Armie’s accent work though. For most of the trailer, I thought he was doing a German accent.

The film doesn’t come out until August 14th, which seems like a long time to wait. Is it being dumped in the no-man’s-land of August releases? Because I think if this film had a major press campaign, they could really sell it. It looks like a charming spy caper. But don’t look at me, I love spy movies.

Photos courtesy of WENN, production stills.
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