The History Channel's top-rated reality series "Ice Road Truckers" is being adapted for the big screen- and big surprise--in 3-D no less says Deadline.
The series follows a group of truckers who drive 18-wheelers over a 350-mile highway made of ice to supply diamond miners working in the tundra of Canada's Northwest Territories.
John Moore ("Max Payne," "Behind Enemy Lines") is planning to direct and is currently working on a The Wages of Fear"-esque 'mission' storyline for the film with an unnamed writer.
"It is very much a tough guy movie. Here's a bunch of characters who tackle problems by getting in there and getting things done. We'll turn it into a mission movie that harkens back to The Towering Inferno, Jaws or The Guns of Navarone You got a problem, go solve it" says Moore.
While I have no issue with a film based upon a reality series--Here comes a familiar refrain that I get tired of typing--Does it have to be in 3-D? I say the premise is exciting enough without having to use the fall back gimmick
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