Variety reports that Guillermo Del Toro and Christopher McQuarrie are teaming up to write United Artists' movie version of the 1960s UK series THE CHAMPIONS, which starred Stuart Damon as one of three spies who develop super powers after crashlanding in the Himalayas and being rescued by a secret civilization. Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner will produce.
I’m waiting for the remake/reboot of THE PROTECTORS, THE ADVENTURER, and THE BARON; it’ll happen eventually.
With all the super-hero franchise movies, this might have been inevitable. But I doubt they’ll capture the cheesy-cool sixties vibe of the original series.