Twentieth Century Fox is aggressively moving ahead with the long-gestating update of "
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," inking a deal with Gore Verbinski to direct the update of the 1947 classic film.
"Walter Mitty" is based on James Thurber's classic 1947 short story about a day-dreaming book editor who can't seem to do anything right, so imagines all sorts exciting lives for himself. The 1947 film, starring Danny Kaye, was described as a loose adaptation.