“Ice Road Truckers” Coming To The Big Screen

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Variety has reported that Fox has closed a deal to bring the hit History Channel reality program “Ice Road Truckers” to the big screen as a tentpole action film.

Ice Road Truckers” originally aired as a 46 minute documentary as a part of the History Channel program Dangerous Missions back in 2000.  In 2007 the History Channel brought “Ice Road Truckers” back as a 10 episode series that follows the travails of drivers who roll 18-wheelers over a 350-mile highway made of ice, hauling equipment and supplies to diamond miners dwelling in the tundra of Canada’s Northwest Territories.  The program debuted to record numbers and quickly became the History Channel’s highest rated show ever.

Fox will hire a writer shortly and assign a producer to shepherd it.  The History Channel is currently shooting the second season of the television show.

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