Title: The Saint (1997 film)
Content:  Paramount Pictures announced that they would reboot the film with Lorenzo di Bonaventura producing, Dexter Fletcher will direct and Regé-Jean Page will be portraying Templar and will also executive producing the film while Kwame Kwei-Armah will write.
Title: The Saint (2017 film)
Content:  The Saint is a 2017 American action film directed by Ernie Barbarash and starring Adam Rayner in the title role of Simon Templar, created by Leslie Charteris. This was Sir Roger Moore's final film appearance and the film was dedicated to his memory; Moore portrayed Templar in a 1960s TV series of the same title. Filmed in 2013 as a television pilot for a proposed TV series, the film was not originally intended for release when the series was not picked up. It eventually saw release direct-to-video in 2017 when it was released in tribute to Moore following his death. Ian Ogilvy, who portrayed Templar in a 1970s TV series titled Return of the Saint, also appears.
Title: The Saint (1997 film)
Content:  Mayflower described it as one of the top unproduced screenplays. Phillip Noyce was hired to direct. Providing a link to both the 1960s The Saint TV series and the later Return of the Saint revival of the 1970s, Robert S. Baker, the producer of both series, was brought in an executive producer of the film. In a 1997 interview with Des O'Connor for his ITV show, Hugh Grant says he passed on the role after a meeting with Noyce because he didn't like the director's approach to the character. Hugh Grant, Kenneth Branagh, Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christian Slater, George 
Title: The Saint (1997 film)
Content:  Saint film series, which would have been faithful to the original writings of Leslie Charteris and feature characters from the original books. This project also failed. A few years later, Paramount Pictures' attempt to make a film of The Saint started with the powerhouse above-the-line team of Robert Evans as producer, Steven Zaillian as writer and Sydney Pollack as director. Ralph Fiennes - hot from Schindler's List and Quiz Show - was offered $1 million for the lead, but eventually passed. In a 1994 interview for Premiere magazine, Fiennes said the screenplay—racing fast cars, breaking into Swiss banks was nothing 
Title: The Saint in New York (film)
Content:  The Saint in New York is an American 1938 crime film, directed by Ben Holmes and adapted from Leslie Charteris's 1935 novel of the same name by Charles Kaufman and Mortimer Offner. After a police lieutenant is killed, the New York Police Department enlists gentleman criminal Simon Templar to fight criminal elements in the city. Released by RKO Pictures, The Saint in New York marks the first screen appearance of Templar, also known as "The Saint". Louis Hayward stars as the title character, with Kay Sutton as his love interest. Alfred Hitchcock was initially discussed as a possible director for the film. This was the first of eight films in RKO's film series about The Saint. After being replaced in the series by George Sanders, Hayward would not play The Saint again until 1953 in Hammer Films production of The Saint's Return. There had not been a Saint film made in twelve years.
Title: The Saint (Simon Templar)
Content: The Saint in New York (1938 – Louis Hayward) ; The Saint Strikes Back (1939 – George Sanders) ; The Saint in London (1939 – Sanders; produced in the UK by RKO's British unit) ; The Saint's Double Trouble (1940 – Sanders) ; The Saint Takes Over (1940 – Sanders) ; The Saint in Palm Springs (1941 – Sanders) ; The Saint's Vacation (1941 – Hugh Sinclair; produced in the UK by RKO) ; The Saint Meets the Tiger (produced in the UK by RKO in 1941, released in 1943 by Republic – Sinclair) ; The Saint's Return (1953 – Hayward) – aka The Saint's Girl Friday ; Le Saint mène la danse (1960 – Félix Marten) ; 
Title: The Saint (2017 film)
Content: Adam Rayner as Simon Templar ; Eliza Dushku as Patricia Holm ; Sir Roger Moore as Jasper ; James Remar as Arnold Valecross ; Ian Ogilvy as The Fixer/older Xander ; Adam Woodward as Xander ; Enrique Murciano as Inspector John Henry Fernack ; Kyle Horne as Agent Cooper ; Sammi Hanratty as Zooey Valecross ; Greg Grunberg as Detective Garces ; Thomas Kretschmann as Rayt Marius ; Yani Gellman as Doyle Cosentino ; Kristy Mitchell as Mrs. Templar ; Beatrice Rosen as Katherine Valecross ; Melissa Bolona as Hotel Guest ; Jason Brooks as Captain Miller ; Christopher Villiers as Arthur Templar ; Louis Hynes as Young Simon Templar ; Femi Elufowoju Jr. as Ezekiel Ibaka ; Alec Secareanu as Bashir ; Richard Ashton as Vadim / Gerry ; Andrew Pleavin as Andrei ; Sonalii Castillo as Sonali Alves 
Title: The Saint's Return
Content:  This was the first Saint film to be released in ten years, following RKO's The Saint series 1938-1943, and Hammer Films had hopes to revive the series, but this did not occur. In 1960, a French-Italian film entitled Le Saint mène la danse, with Felix Marten playing The Saint, was released with very limited success. It was not until 1962 and the TV series The Saint, starring Roger Moore, that the character achieved lasting success beyond the literary world. The next English-language cinema film featuring the character wouldn't be released until 1997, with Val Kilmer playing the character in The Saint.
Title: The Saint (1997 film)
Content:  hadn't seen before. Robert Evans left the project—although, contractually, his name remains on the final film's credits—and David Brown (Jaws, Driving Miss Daisy) took over. A new story was commissioned from Jonathan Hensleigh (Die Hard with a Vengeance), which cast Simon Templar as a mercenary hired by a billionaire Russian oil and gas tycoon to steal the secret of cold fusion from an eccentric but beautiful American scientist. The story would take place in Washington, D.C., Upstate New York, St. Petersburg, and Moscow. Setpieces included Dr. Russell skydiving while strapped into a wheelchair and a plane landing in Red Square. 
Title: The Saint (film series)
Content: The Saint in New York (1938) – with Louis Hayward as The Saint ; The Saint Strikes Back (1939) – with George Sanders as The Saint ; The Saint in London (1939) – with George Sanders as The Saint ; The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) – with George Sanders as The Saint ; The Saint Takes Over (1940) – with George Sanders as The Saint ; The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) –with George Sanders as The Saint ; The Saint's Vacation (1941) – with Hugh Sinclair as The Saint ; The Saint Meets the Tiger (produced in 1941 but not released until 1943) – with Hugh Sinclair as The Saint The Saint (film series) refers 

Question: Who was the director of The Saint?
Answer: Phillip Noyce.