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Cruise, Stiller to play older Hardy boys

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Published: Feb. 13, 2007 at 5:03 PM

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Twentieth Century Fox tapped Hollywood actors Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise to play the leads in "The Hardy Men," a film based on the series "The Hardy Boys."

Stiller is producing the action comedy "The Hardy Men" with Red Hour partner Stuart Cornfeld's storyline and Robert Kosberg, who owned the original "Hardy Boys" rights and brought the project to Red Hour eight years ago, Variety said Tuesday.

In the movie's storyline, the pair plays the youthful sleuths now grown up. Long estranged, they're brought together to solve one last case.

Fox is searching for a writer to rewrite the script. Fox said it hopes to put it into production by 2008.

Topics: Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise
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