Movie version of ITV series "The Champions"

[Dr.]

Ben Stiller To Direct & Star With Cate Blanchett In ‘The Champions’ – Deadline

"In The Champions [TV series], a plane carrying three UN agents crashes in the Himalayas. The agents aboard 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."​

I saw reruns of this show as a youngster — and quite liked the super spy/super powers premise. I caught a couple of episodes more recently and was shocked to discover how campy and cheesy it was. (Typical.) Still, IMO, the show had remake potential if done more seriously.

Apparently, Guillermo del Torro was going to do a movie version a few years back (which came to nothing). Ben Stiller’s involvement could signal a comedic approach (along the lines of Seth Rogen’s The Green Hornet...?) … which doesn’t much interest me.


(Mods, feel free to merge. I searched for an existing thread but gave up after scrolling through 20 or so pages.)

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

I watched The Champions first time around and loved it, but Stiller's name already has me setting my expectations low. If it's a comedy, I'm out.