Deadliest Warrior Coming to the Big Screen
September 18th 2010 20:45
Paramount Pictures has made a deal for Shawn Levy's 21 Laps Entertainment to do a big-screen adaptation of sister company Spike TV's original hit series "Deadliest Warrior." The announcement comes on the heels of the show's Season 2 finale, which brought about exceptional ratings for the network. Spike TV has renewed the series for a third season.
You might recall the giveaway Screenhead sponsored with Spike TV when the series was just beginning to catch viewer’s interest.
This partnership by Paramount and Spike TV marks the first time that the Viacom owned companies have worked together. "Spike has some of the most innovative and forward-thinking content on television today, 'Deadliest Warrior' being no exception. The property has proven its ability to engage audiences across multiple platforms," said Paramount Film Group President Adam Goodman. "We hope this is the first of much future collaboration with Spike."
You might have hard about the television series "Deadliest Warrior" where the show pits history's greatest warriors against one another to determine who reigns supreme. Along with the use of 21st century science and the latest in CGI technology, the series enlists world-class fighters, historians and weapons experts to provide insight into the unique history and style of these combatants which culminates in a head-to-head final fight between two warriors. Thus, it is declared which one would have been the deadliest. The first two seasons showed such memorable battles as Spartan vs. Ninja, Viking vs. Samurai, Pirate vs. Knight, Yakuza vs. Mafia and Comanche vs. Mongol.
As far as the film's storyline is being kept under wraps. I will be interesting to see how the story unravels from the television series perspective.
Speculations are that Shawn Levy might direct. The property fits within Levy and 21 Laps' ongoing expansion from family comedies to event action movies, following the Night and the Museum franchise and Levy's current action drama Real Steel with Hugh Jackman for DreamWorks.
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