NBC’s recent attempt to bring “American Gladiators” back did not work with a new TV show based on the original series about extremely fit average Joes taking on ultra-buff “gladiators” in various challenges. Apparently if a TV show based on a former TV show does not work, the next logical step is to make a movie out of it. What? I once watched six straight episodes of “Sex and the City” while being a male and this sounds odd even to me.

I imagine many of you are thinking, how is an AMERICAN GLADIATORS movie going to work? You know, since the show was about people competing in physical competitions, and does not really set up well for a cinematic story. Well, all we know so far is that the AMERICAN GLADIATORS will be superheros, and I’m very excited and terrified to hear more movie plot details as they bust in.

This AMERICAN GLADIATORS movie will be written by Perter Iliff, who worked on the screenplays for VARSITY BLUES, POINT BREAK, and PATRIOT GAMES. Not a bad resume, POINT BREAK and PATRIOT GAMES are solid entertainment, and VARSITY BLUES is certainly not awful.

An AMERICAN GLADIATORS sounds strange, but at least it will have a decent screenwriter trying to make the thing enjoyable.

Source Variety