Carrey And Spielberg To Do Remake Of Walter Mitty

[Thursday, March 13th, 2003]
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" the remake is headed to Paramount Pictures, with Jim Carrey playing the Danny Kaye role and Steven Spielberg directing, reports Variety.

Paramount declined comment, but a spokesman for Spielberg acknowledged that preliminary discussions are under way, as did Goldwyn.

Ron Howard came aboard to direct "Mitty," then departed to direct "Ed TV." Howard was followed by Carrey's "Mask" director, Chuck Russell.

Carrey and Spielberg have always wanted to do a film together, and they once flirted with "Meet the Parents." The "Snicket" meetings led to talk about "Mitty," and suddenly things began moving very quickly.

It is unclear whether Sam Goldwyn, Spielberg and Carrey would want to start fresh with "Mitty." Several drafts were developed for Howard and Russell by such scribes as Peter Tolan, Chuck Russell, and Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel.

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