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While Paramount is currently in production on the next installment of its Transformers franchise with Transformers: The Last Knight, the studio is planning on launching a much different franchise. The studio has acquired the rights to Leslie Charteris' long-running book series The Saint for a new movie reboot. The studio previously distributed the 1997 version of The Saint, which starred Val Kilmer and Elizabeth Shue.

Leslie Charteris original book series, which ran from 1928 to 1963, followed Simon Templar, a thief who would pull off elaborate heists, stealing from corrupt politicians, drug dealers and other criminals and spread their wealth among the less fortunate. The books were adapted into a 1960s British TV series which starred Roger Moore as Simon Templar. There was also a recent attempt to revitalize the property as an American TV series, which will now be released as a TV movie later this year, starring Adam Rayner (Tyrant) as Simon Templar,...

Exclusive: The last time I wrote about The Saint, Mace Neufeld, Bill McDonald, Robert Evans, and David Brown were producing it with Val Kilmer. As we know in Hollywood, everything old is new (re-imagined, remade, revamped, rebooted) again and so it goes with the espionage thriller The Saint, for which Paramount has just secured the book series rights. Producing deals are being closed now, but it’s likely that Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Brad Krevoy and Robert Evans will be…...

Arturo the polar bear is living a miserable life. Just look at him. Arturo lives at the Mendoza Zoo in Argentina, which seems like no place for a polar bear. And which may also be why he's the last polar bear in Argentina. "[Arturo] is basically going insane," Bill McDonald, CEO of the Winnipeg Humane Society, says in an interview with CBC News. For 20 years, Arturo has experienced temperatures in the mid-to-high 60s (Fahrenheit), with limited access to pools of water, and, recently he lost his only polar bear companion, Pelusa. Sadly, an effort to relocate Arturo to the International Polar Bear Conservation Centre in Canada, a home that would provide him the proper atmosphere and...

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In a twist, the New York Times obituary for Elizabeth Taylor was written by a reporter who is now dead.

Mel Gussow, whose byline appears on the Taylor obit, died six years ago. Gussow was a longtime theater critic and worked for the Times for 35 years. He died at the age of 71 of cancer.

Newspapers and magazines commonly have the obituaries for notable people prepared well in advance of their deaths. The roughly 4,000 word obit on Taylor was “too good to throw away,...

Sharon Stone has been spotted once again shooting her guest-starring stint on the set of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". The actress who was hired for four episodes of the NBC series was captured on camera joining series regular Mariska Hargitay in New York City on Wednesday, March 17.

On the particular day on the set, the 52-year-old who won an Emmy in 2004 for her portrayal of attorney Sheila Carlisle on ABC's "The Practice" looked dazzling in her blue coat and black heels. Set for four episodes which start airing in April, she took on the character who is described as a retired cop who becomes an assistant district attorney. Photos of her on the set can be seen via AceShowbiz.

The night before on March 16, Stone attended the annual gala for the NYPD Police Foundation escorted by Detective Bill McDonald. On the event, she admitted that she won't be a good cop in real life,...

Sharon Stone is back on the set of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" to film her 4-episode story arc. The guest star, dressed in blue coat and heels, shared a good laugh with series' regular Mariska Hargitay on the outdoor set in New York City on Wednesday, March 17.

There is no date yet for the beginning of Sharon's episode other than the fact that it will kick off in April. The actress has been walking in and out of the set since last week, filming her part as a retired cop who becomes an assistant district attorney. "It is obviously a thrill and a delight to have a star of Sharon's wattage and importance joining Svu," show creator/executive producer Dick Wolf previously said.

On related news, Sharon Stone attended the NYPD Police Foundation on Tuesday, March 16, escorted by Detective Bill McDonald. "I'm trying to do a good job, and make you guys proud,...

Out filming for an upcoming episode of “Law & Order: Svu,” Sharon Stone was spotted on set in New York City on Wednesday (March 17). The 52-year-old actress looked lovely in a blue coat and heels as she gladly took direction from the show’s crew.On Tuesday night, Ms Stone attended the annual gala for the NYPD Police Foundation and of her “Law & Order” guest role as a retired cop, she joked she would never cut it as a real life cop, explaining, “I have bad vision and I’m too old.” The actress, as a matter of fact, was escorted by a strapping member of New York’s finest, Detective Bill McDonald, who, outfitted in his full NYPD getup, guided Stone solemnly through the crowd. “I’m trying to do a good job, and make you guys proud,” she told McDonald, referring to her “Svu” role.