Yes, ma'am. Whatever you say, ma'am.

Yes, that’s right, everyone’s favorite steriod-filled hour of power is making it’s jump to the big screen.  According to Variety.com:

Johnny Ferraro, creator of the “American Gladiators” TV franchise, is bringing a live-action adaptation of the property to the bigscreen.The film will be based on the TV show that first aired in 1988 and has been on the air every year except one during the past 20 years….

Former Legendary Pictures chief marketing officer Scott Mednick is producing “American Gladiators.” The goal is to create an action story that takes place inside the world Ferraro has created.

“I look forward to creating a compelling story that launches a whole new set of characters,” Mednick said.

Apparently the show started off as a movie idea, sort of a Running Man-esque type of thing I suppose, but then some bigwig had the brilliant idea of actually making the game show a reality.  Now the show will return to it’s original fictional roots.  Hopefully it will continue to devolve until it no longer exists at all.

Source: Variety.com via Filmdrunk.com

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