Belinda Gavin

After the American Gladiators made a huge television comeback on NBC with all new events and red, white and blue clad, muscle-bulging athletes, the next logical step was to somehow adapt it into a feature length motion picture as we reported earlier this year. Now it looks like the project is making some headway as Variety reports screenwriter Peter Iliff, (Point Break, Patriot Games) will write the film based on the television show which...  

Screenwriter Peter Iliff ( Patriot Games , Varsity Blues ) will pen the live-action big screen version of American Gladiators , reports Variety . The story, which will feature the Herculean characters as superheroes, will be based on the TV show that first aired in 1988 and has been broadcast in more than 90 countries, with the format adapted for the local market in 14 of them. Scott Mednick (upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...  

As long as Hollywood is turning board games into movies, why not also mine game shows? I'd love to see movies made out of "Press Your Luck" and that Japanese show where contestants had to guess what dangerous animal was atop their head. In a way, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" has already been [...]  

In May we told you that Hollywood was going to develop a movie based on the television show American Gladiators. I had hoped it would be one of those projects that would slip into nothingness, never to be heard from again. Not so... Patriot Games/Varsity Blues scribe Peter Iliff will write a screenplay based on an idea by former Legendary Pictures chief marketing officer Scott Mednickis (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) who is producing the...  

American Gladiators: A theatrical version of the NBC series has just been given a screenwriter. Patriot Games’ Peter Iliff will be crafting American Gladiators, an entirely different games-related story. The redo will reportedly treat the muscular stars as superhero-type characters. No word whether they’ll be watching over the city from their perch above the Sky Track or on top of The Wall. Continue...  

I’ll admit it. When I was a kid, I liked watching American Gladiators. Heck, I even made up my own version of The Eliminator to run through on the playground at school. Does that mean I think American Gladiators should be turned into a movie? Not in the slightest. Nevertheless, according to Variety, that’s just [...]  

A BIG screen version of hit TV show American Gladiators is being developed as a potential new superhero movie. Peter Iliff is currently working on a script that would re-imagine the Gladiators as crime-fighters for a potential release in 2011, according to Variety. Iliff’s has previously written the screenplays for Patriot Games, Varsity Blues and Under Suspicion, and has just completed work on a sequel to his surfer hit Point Break...  

If you are counting the seconds until the new big screen remake of American Gladiators hits a theater near you, please seek immediate medical attention or the nearest clergyman for guidance. Screenwriter Peter Iliff has developed a script for the project. The TV tough guys and gals will be turned into "superheroes" in the new movie. That's it? Isn't that obvious? What the hell else were they going to be? - A bunch of muscleheaded...  

FROM MOVIES BLOG : As long as Hollywood is turning board games into movies, why not also mine game shows? I'd love to see movies made out of "Press Your Luck" and that Japanese show where contestants had to guess what dangerous animal was atop their head. In a way, "Who Wants to Be a [...]  

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -The Gwinnett Gladiators put up quite a fight facing the number two team in the American Conference on Saturday night. An evenly matched contest would prove to be one of the more thrilling of the young season in front of a weekend crowd of 8,614...  

Screenwriter Peter Iliff (Patriot Games, Point Break) has been tasked to write theatrical version of American Gladiators, based on the TV show that's been around since 1988.  Scott Mednick is producing while "American Gladiators"..;.  

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It's being reported that Peter Iliff has been brought in to pen a brand new feature film in which the world famous American Gladiators become superheroes. The movie is said to be based on the TV show we're all familiar with that began in 1988 and recently came back for a short two-season run.