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No secret: Vaughn eyes 'U.N.C.L.E.'

Vaughn the 'Man'

Borys Kit
Matthew Vaughn is in negotiations to helm the big-screen adaptation of the classic TV series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." for Warner Bros. Pictures. John Davis and Basil Iwanyk are producing. The series, which ran on NBC from 1964-68, featured the espionage adventures of Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, agents of United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) who fight the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H. (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity). The show was produced by MGM Television and starred Robert Vaughn and David McCallum. Warners inherited the rights from Turner Broadcasting, which acquired them from MGM. Lynn Harris will oversee for Warners. Matthew Vaughn, who produced the Guy Ritchie films "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch," directed the Brit gangster film "Layer Cake." He is repped by WMA and Cynthia Pett-Dante at Brillstein-Grey.
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