Trivia: Movie - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - 2013

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Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and Mark Waters have all considered remaking this project.

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Twentieth Century Fox hired filmmaker Casey Neistat to make a promotional video based on the theme of “live your dreams”, but Neistat suggested instead to spend the budget on bringing disaster relief to the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Fox agreed and gave him a budget of $25,000

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Producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., whose father produced the 1947 film adaptation of the same name, originally conceived the idea of doing a remake in 1994 with Jim Carrey in mind for the title role.

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In April 2010, Sacha Baron Cohen was offered and accepted the lead role.