Screenwriter Peter Iliff (Point Break, Patriot Games, Varsity Blues) will write the live-action big screen version of American Gladiators. The story, which will feature the Herculean characters as superheroes, will be based on the TV show that first aired in 1988 and has been broadcast in more than 90 countries, and was most recently revived by NBC in 2008.

Scott Mednick (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is producing, and “American Gladiators” creator Johnny Ferraro is exec producing.

Mednick is targeting American Gladiators for a 2011 release.