It was last November when we were told Steven Soderbergh would re-team with his Out of Sight and Ocean’s 11 franchise star George Clooney for a big screen adaptation of the 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.). Once believed to be Soderbergh’s last job as a director (until he decided to direct Magic Mike with Channing Tatum), the project now finds itself without a lead actor since Clooney is now leaving the project for unknown reasons.
Considering their working relationship, there’s likely some sort of scheduling issue. As of now, Warner Bros. still intends to begin production in February of 2012 and the hunt is on for a new lead actor for the film
