The Pursuit Of Happyness Scribe To Write The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

The Pursuit Of Happyness Scribe To Write The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

By Russ Fischer/April 23, 2010 7:46 am EST

Now the film has a new screenwriter: Steven Conrad, who wrote The Pursuit of Happyness.

Conrad is the latest in a rather long list of writers who have worked on a new version. Babaloo Mandel & Lowell Ganz, Chuck Russell, Peter Tolan, Zach Helm, Richard LaGravanese, Jay Kogen, David Reynolds and Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant have all made attempts at crafting a new take, with Steven Spielberg, Mark Waters and Chuck Russell all meaning to direct at various points and Jim Carrey, Owen Wilson and MIke Myers have been attached to star.

I’d like to see this work; the original story and film are great material for a remake, and I’d love to see Cohen break out of his Borat and Bruno roles. I know he’s got the ability; it’s just a matter of finding a project that will showcase him in a way that people will quickly accept, and this might be just the one.