Ben Stiller, according to Variety, has signed on the dotted line to star in, and direct, a new version of THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY. It will be a remake of the 1947 film of the same name that starred none other than Danny Kaye.
Stiller will play the title character of Mitty, who gets through each day of his mundane being by imagining that he is a fearless airplane pilot, a brilliant docto
The film is housed at Fox and is based on a new screenplay by THE WEATHERMAN and THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS scripter Steve Conrad.
Source: Variety
