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Ben Stiller to direct and star in 'Walter Mitty'
By Adnan Tezer Jul 21, 2011, 18:55 GMT
In addition to starring, Ben Stiller is also in talks to direct 20th Century Fox's long-awaited update of the 1947 classic film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
According to Variety, the project has gone through several directors such as Gore Verbinski, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and Chuck Russell.
Mike Myers and Jim Carrey had been attached at various points as the star.
Steve Conrad ("The Pursuit of Happyness") is working on a script.
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and John Goldwyn are producing.
"Walter Mitty" is based on James Thurber's 1939 short story about a day-dreaming book editor who imagines numerous heroic lives for himself.
The 1947 film, which differed greatly from the original story, starred Danny Kaye as Mitty.
Stiller will be seen in "Tower Heist" this November.
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