Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterBen Stiller and Cate Blanchett are teaming up to turn the 1960s espionage television series “The Champions” into a movie.In addition to acting, Stiller is directing the upcoming film adaptation.
Blanchett is producing through her company Dirty Films, and Stiller is producing through his label Red Hour Productions. Additional producers include ITV Studios America and New Republic Pictures.“The Champions” movie, paying homage to the TV show from Dennis Spooner, follows three United Nations agents whose plane crashes into the Himalayas.
Upon being rescued by an advanced civilization secretly living in Tibet, they are granted enhanced intellectual and physical abilities.
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