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Is there a Himalayan air crash in Tom Cruise's future? If rumors about the movie version of The Champions being retooled for the actor are true, then the answer would seem to be yes. More »
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Guillermo Del Toro's movie of classic British series The Champions may be kicking into high gear. United Artists has hired Valkyrie/Usual Suspects writer Christopher McQuarrie to co-write the script, about a group of Brits who discover a lost civilization and get amazing superpowers. (Del Toro may or may not direct.) And UA is hoping Champions will become a multi-film series. [Hollywood Reporter] More »
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Three spies crash-land in the Himalayas, where a monk gives them telepathic powers in The Champions, a forgotten British show from 1968. Now fantasy/horror mastermind Guillermo Del Toro is adapting it into a movie for Universal. Del Toro is one of the few auteurs you can trust to update this material without uncritically including the screwy "Far Eastern Monk" archetypes. But will it be a waste of his talents? More »
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