The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) on Netflix
PG-1320151h 56mActionAdventureComedy
In 1963, CIA agent Napoleon Solo pulls Gaby Teller out of East Berlin. Her father, nuclear scientist Udo Teller, has vanished, and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin is ordered to work with Solo.
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In 1963, the CIA sends agent Napoleon Solo into East Berlin to bring Gaby Teller across the wall. She is the daughter of Udo Teller, a nuclear scientist and American collaborator who left Germany at the end of the Second World War and has since vanished. KGB agent Illya Kuryakin pursues the pair. Solo's chief tells him that Gaby's uncle Rudi works for Alexander and Victoria Vinciguerra, a wealthy couple who may be using Udo Teller to build a nuclear weapon. Solo and Kuryakin are ordered to work together, and with Gaby they travel to Rome to investigate the Vinciguerras.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Quentin Tarantino was briefly attached to the film following the success of Pulp Fiction, but opted to make Jackie Brown instead, leaving the project without a director.
- Armie Hammer was cast as Illya Kuryakin in April 2013 with Tom Cruise set as Solo, but on May 23, 2013 Cruise dropped out due to his commitment to Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, and Henry Cavill replaced him.
- Davis has estimated that he commissioned 12 or 14 different scripts over the course of 20 years, working with writers Jim and John Thomas, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra and Scott Z. Burns.
- In November 2010 George Clooney showed interest in the film and was in talks for the lead role of Napoleon Solo, but he left in September 2011 due to a recurring back injury.
- Executives from Warner Bros. wanted the budget to stay below $60 million, but Soderbergh felt that amount would not be adequate to fund the 1960s-era sets, props and international settings required for the film.
- Guy Ritchie finalized the script throughout production: long-term collaborator David Allcock said he tends to constantly rewrite stuff even when they are shooting, reworking things in the morning if they are shooting that day, working with the actors if something does not feel right.
