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Ben Stiller Now Bringing New Life to 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'

by Ethan Anderton
April 11, 2011
Source: Deadline

Secret Life of Walter Mitty / Ben Stiller

Last year we found out that the long-gestating adaptation of James Thurber's classic short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty may have found a lead actor in Sacha Baron Cohen and a director in Gore Verbinski. However, a new name is now fueling the project. Deadline reports Ben Stiller is currently in talks with 20th Century Fox to take the title role in the film. Apparently a new take on the script from The Pursuit of Happyness writer Steve Conrad is the source of Stiller's interest, and the studio is hoping to get the project off the ground later this year. A director is currently being sought to make the family friendly film.

The last we heard about the script (from Frost/Nixon writer Peter Morgan) had Mitty as a timid mega-store owner who daydreams of being a swashbuckling hero, but when his reputation is actually put to the test, he must prove his ability to save the day. We're still not sure how much Conrad's take on the story changes things up, but it's obviously turning some heads. It would be nice if the project finally got off the ground after having such names as Steven Spielberg and Jim Carrey trying to adapt the story. Surely Fox is pleased with Stiller's work in their successful Night at the Museum franchise, and hopes to have the same kind of success with this project too.

Related categories: Casting, Development, Movie News

Bananarama

Your news bores me. It BORES ME.
Anonymous

Is his face shrinking?
Joshua m

Is it April Fool's day again? Please tell me April Fool's day is happening twice a year now.
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lets see how this works out
Meow

Make a sequel to "Heavyweights" instead. Where Tony Perkis is fat and all the kids he had are skinny, that'll be hard on Keenan Thompson, though.
cxzz

his face looks different ya different
Lebowski

Ben Stiller, you are the worst. Greenberg was a fucking embarrassment. Little Fockers should never have been made. And the last thing you were involved in that made people say 'meh' (and big complement for Ben) was goddamn Tropic Thunder, and that is 3 years old. Quit now, old man. If you are lucky we will forget you.