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"Eliza Dushku is to star in an upcoming revamp of The Saint. Hunted star Adam Rayner will play international thief and detective Simon Templar in the new pilot, based on the Leslie Charteris novels.   Buffy star Dushku will play Patricia Holm, Templar&amp;#039;s love interest, according to Deadline. The 31-year-old actress previously starred in Fox series Dollhouse and Tru Calling, while her film credits include 2000&amp;#039;s Bring It On and 2003&amp;#039;s Wrong Turn. Roger Moore - who famously played Templar in a &amp;#039;60s TV version of The Saint - has also joined the new project as co-producer. Simon West (The Expendables 2) is attached to direct, with Jesse Alexander (Heroes) writing the pilot episode. The Saint&amp;#039;s pilot is expected to be shopped to networks once filming is complete. Production is set to begin later this month. &amp;gt; Dougray Scott for The Saint remake? &amp;gt; James Purefoy in line for Saint TV remake Watch the title sequence of Roger Moore&amp;#039;s The Saint TV series below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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