Guy Ritchie Boarding Big Screen Adaptation of ‘Man from U.N.C.L.E.’

After director Steven Soderbergh left the big screen adaptation of the classic TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. following George Clooney’s departure from the project and disagreements over budget and casting to replace the actor, the film was left without a director. Now Deadline has word that Sherlock Holmes franchise filmmaker Guy Ritchie and his new producing partner Lionel Wigram are will take over the project. Ritchie will direct the film which has a script from Scott Z. Burns (Contagion) following American and Russian members of the United Network Command for Law & Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.). The project will be the first from the new banner formed at Warner Bros. with Ritchie and Wigram, the team behind the Sherlock Holmes series. With Ritchie on board, it’s not clear just who will be in the running for the film now, and casting will likely start from scratch. Considering Ritchie’s schedule is pretty much …