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Ben Stiller Circling WALTER MITTY!
Nordling here.
Danny Kaye's THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY is most certainly a classic, based on the short story by James Thurber, and people have been trying to remake it for years, including Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard. I remember reading several years back that Jim Carrey was going to star in it, but that never coalesced. It's always been a favorite film of mine, and the escapist fantasies of Kaye's character were well realized on screen.
Deadline is reporting that Ben Stiller looks to remake the film as apparently Steve Conrad's (THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS) script was good enough for Stiller to want to sign on. No word on a director yet, but now that the script is finished to satisfaction, I'm sure that will be happening soon. Perhaps Stiller himself may want to direct it - MITTY is probably more warmhearted than the films Stiller has directed so far, so they may want to find a director more suited to the task, but Stiller's directed some funny comedies, and one could say that THE CABLE GUY is a darker version of the story, with Carrey's character escaping into the fantasies of television.
Nordling, out.
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In terms of the money his films rake in....even though those Focker movies, Night at the Museum, and Madagascar films all suck. <p> But I'm looking forward to Tower Heist with him and Eddie Murphy directed by the Rat Man. Eddie is great in ensemble casts, so it should be good.
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is laughably short, but entertaining. Always amazed me that they stretched it into a full length movie. But most of that could be chalked up to Danny Kaye. Don't think Stiller has that same charisma.
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Norbit is a masterpiece, innit
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He's the Baby Boomers' favorite Gen Xer thanks to those focking Fuckers movies and the Night at the Museum fucktillogy. My in-laws *love* him. He's inherited Robin Williams' & Billy Crystal's film careers simultaneously. He's currently stuck in Williams' '90s CGI shitfest phase.
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Should direct this with Daniel Day Lewis as Walter Mitty.
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I thought Mike Myers was attached at one point too? It's been floating around forever, so hopefully this one will get off the ground if only so we can get a re-release of the Danny Kaye version. I really hope it get's made and given the respect it needs. People give Ben a lot of crap for some of his films, but I think he's fully capable of nailing this one. Here's hoping!
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He would make the fantasy sequences understated, lo-fi and surreal instead of hyper-cartoony.
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April 8, 2011, 8:37 a.m. CST
LTGALLOWAY - MIKE MYERS WAS GETTING ALL OF JIM CARREY'S SLOPPY SECONDS FOR A WHILE THERE
by Darth Busey
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When Eddie does ensembles, like Bowfinger or Dreamgirls....he gives great performances.
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April 8, 2011, 8:49 a.m. CST
I think the public is more interested in the SECRET LIFE of BEN STILLER than the secret life of walter mitty.
by Darth_Kong
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Or at least a variation on Walter Mitty, was Billy Liar by John Schlesinger. Personally, I'm hoping that Ben stars in Next of Kin II, except that it's a documentary and he's dropped in the middle of West Virginia moonshine country wearing a "BATF" jacket.
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Yeah, Ben Stiller can probably do a good job with this part, but Steve Carrell would knock it out of the park.
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remembers Danny Kaye.
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A new superhero / vigilante story of a film fan who becomes The CRITIC. His mission? Beating the hell out of every actor who signs on to fuck over a classic film. Ben Stiller isn't fit to carry Danny Kaye's piss in a cup, much less take on Walter Mitty. Keep in mind his initials are BS. If he fucks this up, he'll get REVIEWED. With a hammer head shaped like a star. He doesn't want to get 4 STARS from The CRITIC.
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It should be illegal for Hollywood to even consider let alone remake any movie that Danny Kaye made. If they ever hint at remaking The Court Jester - the world will end.
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Walter Mitty is an amazing, sweet movie. Danny Kaye was perfect as the milquetoast who learned to stand up for himself. There is no place for Stiller's "let's throw wrenches at men's crotches" kind of humor. If it must be done, which I think is wrong, but I can't control, I agree with the earlier post about Steve Carrell. His Maxwell Smart cycled believably through bumbling and brilliant; schlemiel and hero, and you wanted him to win the girl, even if you thought it unbelievable that he might.
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Why not make an original film instead? Odds of success are vastly higher.
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April 8, 2011, 11:54 a.m. CST
"as his career slowly circles the drain..." Really? Name a comedian the last 10 years
by Coughlins Laws
with a better track record than Stiller. Don't all his movies make hundreds of millions of dollars? True, they went to the well too many times with the Focker movies, but so what? Did anyone here NOT like Tropic Thunder? That was pretty much all him. And as far as the Night at the Museum movies, you're not supposed to like them. They're kids movies. Some of you people are pretty joyless individuals that take life WAYYYY too seriously. Do you find ANYTHING funny?
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You like Stargate, we get it. Hell, I like Stargate. But stop crapping in every thread.
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I wouldn't touch a Ben Stiller version of Walter Mitty with a doo-doo-covered bargepole. He should stay the fuck away!! Give this man a fucking obscure Diva remake or something. This man isn't even a poor man's Danny Kaye!!
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Permanent Midnight. Not a comedy (a drama with some pretty funny scenes in it), but a little gem. Seek it out.
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If only Stiller would choose to do more serio-comic work like that more often.
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That was pretty close to being really awesome. Just didn't quite make it.
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April 8, 2011, 2:09 p.m. CST
Where's the remake for Bergman's Seventh Seal--Wait that's the Bill and Ted movie
by Plot_holes
The only good thing I can see from this remake is the possibility of a dvd/bluray re-release of the original film, which has be out of print for nearly a decade, at least for dvds' region 1.
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Heavyweights. Tony Perkis is the substance that all of Ben's later roles are a mere shadow of. Yes, I just ended a sentence with a preposition.
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April 8, 2011, 3:06 p.m. CST
@coughlins laws: Do you seriously want to defend Stiller's track record?
by Cletus Van Damme
Ok, then: The bad: -Mystery Men -Zoolander -The Royal Tenenbaums -Duplex -Along Came Polly -Starsky & Hutch -Envy -Dodgeball -Meet The Fockers -Little Fockers -Night at the Museum -NATM II -School For Scouondrels -and the icing on the cake, The Heartbreak Kid. Dude, it was so bad that The Rock's "Game Plan" kiddie movie beat it two weeks in a row. The good: -There's Something About Mary -Meet The Parents (on the fence here, but I'll give you this one) -Madagascar -His cameo in Anchorman -His stint on Curb Your Enthusiasm -Tropic Thunder So, 6 good things out of the above 20 projects makes for a good track record? I'm not sure if you're arguing quality of box office receipts, but the lack of quality is evident on the above list. As far as receipts go, Adam Sandler's got him beat.
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I'm not sure if you're arguing quality OR box office receipts, but the lack of quality is evident on the above list. As far as receipts go, Adam Sandler's got him beat.
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I told myself not to immediately assume you were trolling, so here's my question: By including The Royal Tenenbaums on your "bad" list, do you mean the movie was bad or Ben Stiller's performance in it was bad? Thank you for your time.
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Does anyone remember the Warner Brothers cartoon where a little kid in classroom (I am remembering a nerdy bird like chicken little) keeps daydreaming and brought back to reality by his teacher? It is clearly Walter Mitty.
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"From A to Z-Z-Z-Z"
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Thanks! I have all of the Golden collections. Is it on one of those?
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So fuck you guys
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No, but its included on"Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection".
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I was limiting myself to his performances.
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the problem is, you originally said his career is circling the drain. you didn't say anything about the quality of his movies. Stiller is a HUGE box office success by any measure. so, you were wrong, period.
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He's got all the charisma of a three day old corpse. As for Walter Mitty, get Steve Carell.
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by asdlin
so cool
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Something? It's not even available in the U.S. outside of bootlegged versions probably dubbed from a crappy VHS. This is an amazing movie and deserves to be released on Blu-Ray. Get on that, people! Forget about a remake until you've done the original justice in a Blu-Ray release!
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April 9, 2011, 12:44 p.m. CST
Stiller isn't really that funny, but Tropic Thunder was great!
by Mandolorian
He seems to be following the Adam Sandler path, and that is not a good thing. He has talent, and needs to take more risks. Romantic comedies are all crap.
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I get what you're saying, but is one "Tropic Thunder" worth sitting through two nights at the museum and three Focker installments?
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