Ladies and Gentlemen I bring you the first remake news of the day. It appears Mike Meyers will be starting in the retelling of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, we get the skinny from latinoreview:
Mike Myers is attached to star in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” a remake of the Danny Kaye comedy classic that producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. has moved from Paramount to 20th Century Fox, reports Variety. Jay Kogen, a writer and producer on “The Simpsons,” “Frasier” and, most recently, CBS’ “The Class,” is penning the script.
Jim Carrey had once been attached to play the daydreamer first brought to life in 1947 by Kaye in a pic based on a short story by James Thurber. Directors attached to the project on and off during the past few years include Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard. When those efforts didn’t pan out, Goldwyn moved the film to Par, where “Mean Girls” director Mark Waters tried to do it with Owen Wilson.
I have not seen the original film but I may soon. With so many remakes around these days I may start a column that compares the remake to the original and then debate and discuss. This may bring some amount of joy to watching so many of them.
More than Mike Meyers, my greatest hope for this film lies with Jay Kogen. As a producer/writer for the Simpsons and Frasier I personally have hope for his abilities as a story teller. Frasier is a TV show that may or may not be your cup of tea, but it is one of the best written TV shows ever and even those that dislike it will agree to that.
