Ben Stiller is returning to feature film directing with an adaptation of the 1960s television series “The Champions,” which will star the comedian opposite Cate Blanchett. Stiller is also producing the project through his Red Hour Productions. Additional producers include Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer of New Republic, plus Blanchett, Andrew Upton, and Coco Francini of Dirty Films. ITV Studios America is also backing the project.
Per an official synopsis: “After a plane carrying three Un agents crashes in the Himalayas, ‘The Champions’ follows the agents as they are rescued by an advanced civilization secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced intellectual and physical abilities. When the agents return to the outside world, they use their new superhuman powers to become Champions of Law, Order, and Justice.”
“‘Champions’ is a long forgotten gem that will excite a new generation in the same strange and magnificent way that the original series spoke to us,...
Per an official synopsis: “After a plane carrying three Un agents crashes in the Himalayas, ‘The Champions’ follows the agents as they are rescued by an advanced civilization secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced intellectual and physical abilities. When the agents return to the outside world, they use their new superhuman powers to become Champions of Law, Order, and Justice.”
“‘Champions’ is a long forgotten gem that will excite a new generation in the same strange and magnificent way that the original series spoke to us,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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