Ben Stiller and Cate Blanchett teaming up for movie adaptation of TV cult classic

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Ben Stiller and Cate Blanchett are set to star in a big-screen adaptation of the 60s cult spy TV series ‘The Champions’. The ‘Zoolander’ actor is directing and producing the flick and will also star alongside the ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ actress. The original UK series ran from 1968 to 1969 and was helmed by William Gaunt, Stuart Damon and Alexandra Bastedo. The plot “follows three United Nations agents whose plane crashes into the Himalayas.” “Upon being rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet, they are granted enhanced intellectual and physical abilities.” And become…

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