Stiller Double Duty For Mitty

First attached to star in April actor Ben Stiller will now also helm the long-gestating remake of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" says Variety

Based on the 1947 Danny Kaye film which itself was based on a 1939 James Thurber short story, 'Mitty' follows a quintessential daydreamer whose vivid imagination allows him to escape from the mundane constraints of his ordinary life.

Writer Steve Conrad ("The Pursuit of Happyness") wrote the latest version of the script

Stiller sparked to it and wants to make this his next film.

Folks like Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen have all been linked to the lead role with various filmmakers like Ron Howard, Steven Spielberg, Mark Waters, Chuck Russell and Gore Verbinski involved at some point as well

The PG-rated action family pic does not have a production start yet