Just yesterday we found out that Steven Soderbergh was being lined up to direct an adaptation of 60s TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which followed the adventures of American and Russian members of a secret agency called the United Network Command for Law & Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.). Now The Playlist has uncovered some more details on the adaptation including word that George Clooney, who has worked with Soderbergh on Solaris, The Good German, Out of Sight and all the Ocean's Eleven films, is already in talks to lead the project. However, it's not coming together immediately since development has only begun.

　　继昨日消息，导演史蒂文-索德伯格即将开拍电影版《秘密特工》之后，今日又有男主角人选浮上水面。据国外电影媒体报道，大帅哥乔治-克鲁尼或在此片中担任男一号，而克鲁尼和导演史蒂文已经是名副其实的“老搭档”了，两人合作的影片包括了《飞向太空2002》、《柏林迷宫》、《战略高手》以及所有的《十一罗汉》系列。另据消息称，这部电影不仅仅是简单的重拍上世纪六十年代同名电视剧集，而计划早于十多年前已经启动，而华纳影业摒弃了之前编剧的所有剧本。与索德伯格合作《告密者》的编剧斯科特-Z-本恩斯目前正在重新撰写剧本。

　　Good news comes from the fact that this won't be an adaptation that simply modernizes an old TV series, but rather will stay in the 1960's and go back to the roots of what made the original series great. Though this project has been in the works since the 90's, Warner Bros. is apparently starting from scratch and will likely not use any of the previous scripts from Max Borenstein or David Campbell Wilson. Remember, Scott Z. Burns (who wrote The Informant! for Soderbergh) is writing the new version of the script, and if we're looking at a combination of the period feel of The Limey, the star and action of Ocean's Eleven and the subtle, satirical humor of The Informant!, then I think we're in for quite a great flick.

　　A bit of a curveball comes along with this news though since The Playlist says The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is apparently being viewed as the last film Clooney and Soderbergh will make together. If that's the case, it sounds like Soderbergh might follow through on his talk of retirement in July of 2009. He's certainly been firing off a lot of different projects lately, so maybe he's just making one last marathon run of features before leaving the film industry. It'll be quite disappointing to see him go, but at least he still has Liberace and hopefully this new project with Clooney to keep him around for a few more years. We'll keep you posted as this project continues development. Interested in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. with George Clooney?

　　而另有媒体报道，这部《秘密特工》或许是乔治-克鲁尼与史蒂文-索德伯格的“合作绝唱”，这不禁让人联想起导演在2007年7月时谈到自己的退休计划。索德伯格最近推掉了不少电影计划，看起来《秘密特工》或许真是他告别影坛之作。