It was announced in December 2012 that a third attempt would be made to produce a pilot for a potential TV series. This time, English actor Adam Rayner was cast as Simon Templar and American actress Eliza Dushku as Patricia Holm (a character from the novels never before portrayed on television and only once in the films), with Roger Moore producing. Unlike the prior attempts, production of the Rayner pilot did commence in December 2012 and continued into early 2013, with Moore and Ogilvy making cameo appearances, according to a cast list posted on the official Leslie Charteris website and subsequently confirmed in the trailer that was released. The pilot was not picked up for a series, but a large amount of additional footage was shot to complete it as the television film The Saint, released on 11 July 2017.
It was announced in December 2012 that a third attempt would be made to produce a pilot for a potential TV series This time English actor Adam Rayner was cast as Simon Templar and American actress Eliza Dushku as Patricia Holm (a character from the novels never before portrayed on television and only once in the films) with Roger Moore producing Unlike the prior attempts production of the Rayner pilot did commence in December 2012 and continued into early 2013 with Moore and Ogilvy making cameo appearances according to a cast list posted on the official Leslie Charteris website and subsequently confirmed in the trailer that was released The pilot was not picked up for a series but a large amount of additional footage was shot to complete it as the television film The Saint released on 11 July 2017