2014 Product Placement Awards Go To 'Anchorman 2', 'Philomena'
Brandcameo's 2014 Product Placement Awards fete Anchorman 2, Philomena, Pain & Gain, and The Smurfs 2, and diss The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
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Ben Stiller Explains Deleted Opening To 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'
One of the biggest Hollywood releases this Christmas is Ben Stiller's remake The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a family-friendly tale of a lonely man whose day dreams inspire him to go on a globe trotting adventure. In the end, he'll try to become the best possible version of himself. When you see it, you'll…
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'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Six-Minute Trailer
There have been no shortage of teasers, trailers, and clips for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Ben Stiller's latest directorial effort, but for the most part the footage has been revealed in brief one- or two-minute increments. Today, we have a brand-new trailer for the romantic adventure that clocks in at six minutes long.…
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'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Trailer And Poster: "God, You're Noteworthy!"
Most of us lead fantasy lives more "noteworthy and mentionable," as one might put it, than our real lives, but the protagonist (Ben Stiller) of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty faces a bigger divide than most. In his daydreams, he's a handsome hero who sweeps his crush (Kristen Wiig) off her feet, whereas in…
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'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Clip: Ben Stiller Comes To The Rescue
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty isn't a fantasy movie per se. There are no hobbits or house elves, and when Walter needs to get from New York to Greenland he hitches a ride on an airplane, not a friendly dragon. But the world inside Walter's head is a different story, as demonstrated in the…
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'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Trailer: A Long Look At Ben Stiller's Romantic Adventure
We've seen two trailers for Ben Stiller's new film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, in which Stiller plays a Life Magazine employee who pines away for a co-worker. Mitty daydreams himself into wild encounters with the object of his affections, but eventually starts living some real-life adventures. Those two trailers showed the pining and…
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/Film Interview: Adam Scott Talks About Being A Leading Man In 'A.C.O.D.'
I can talk ad nauseum about how good A.C.O.D. is but it comes down to one, small thing. This is the film where Adam Scott becomes a leading man. Scott, who has been a lead on TV, usually plays the small, scene stealing role in films. But when writer director Stu Zicherman was asked about…
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'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Trailer: "Have You Done Anything Noteworthy Or Mentionable?"
If you saw Gravity this weekend (and I hope you did!) you probably saw this new trailer for Ben Stiller's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty before it. If not, however, you can watch the new theatrical trailer below. It's a lot like the first teaser, but the audio now features dialogue and a bit…
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Ben Stiller's 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Dreams Of Being A Better Movie [NYFF]
What separates the people we are from the people we wish we were? Is it courage? Money? Charisma? Imagination? The Secret Life of Walter Mitty poses that eternal question, and then glosses over it entirely so it can go live out its wildest fantasies. [Ed: Of course, not everyone feels that way -- Peter's very different…
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Oscar Contenders 'All Is Lost' And 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Get Posters
Along with dropping temperatures and changing leaves, one hallmark of the summer-to-fall transition is the gradual replacement of action-movie tentpoles with awards season hopefuls at the multiplex. With Labor Day weekend just around the corner, the first posters have dropped for two Oscar contenders coming to theaters in the cooler months. The first poster, for…
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'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Trailer
Ben Stiller's efforts as a director have been fairly well received for the most part. The zeitgeisty Reality Bites is still fondly remembered today, and The Cable Guy, Zoolander, and Tropic Thunder were each among the comedic highlights of their respective years. But his latest, the dramedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, may be the…
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Reaction: 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Footage Sparks Early Oscar Buzz
Last year at CinemaCon, 20th Century Fox previewed very early footage for Ang Lee's Life of Pi. Attendees at the presentation were floored, and the buzz on all the blogs was that Pi was an Oscar contender. Some argued that April was too early to be calling for possible Oscar contenders, and they were probably…
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First Official Look: Ben Stiller In 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'
It's been 66 years since the original The Secret Life of Walter Mitty came out, and a remake of it has been in development for about a quarter of that time. But after bouncing between various studios, directors, and leads, the project finally got a big push a couple of years back when Ben Stiller…
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See How 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Ages Ben Stiller Thirty Years
The past year has been a notable one for films that age characters with makeup and a little bit of digital work. There was a last-minute change to the aging done to the key characters in the final Harry Potter film, when all involved realized that the first version wasn't up to snuff. Then there…
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Release Dates: 'Independence Day' 3D Re-Release, 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes,' 'X-Men First Class 2' Coming Summer 2014, 'Robopocalypse' Pushed And More
A bevy of major release date announcments and shifts were just revealed. Here goes. The Rise of the Planet of the Apes sequel is now called Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and has been dated May 23, 2014. A 3D re-release of Independence Day will hit July 3, 2013. The untitled sequel to…
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Sean Penn In Talks To Join Ben Stiller In 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'
It's not that Sean Penn never takes roles in lightweight films, but his serious performances can be so commanding -- to the point of overbearing, even -- that his lighter work is easy to overlook. We once thought he would be among the new Three Stooges, and that didn't happen. And, the lead in Milk…
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Casting Bits: Adam Scott In 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty;' Lou Taylor Pucci In 'Evil Dead' Reboot; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau In 'Oblivion'
The latest actor to sign on to Ben Stiller's remake of the imaginative Danny Kaye comedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is Adam Scott. He joins stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine and Patton Oswalt in the story of a LIFE magazine photo editor (Stiller) who daydreams his way out of a dull reality. No…
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Patton Oswalt Will Spice Up Ben Stiller's 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'
I've really enjoyed watching the rise of Patton Oswalt as an actor. His early stand-up remains hugely entertaining (as is his recent comedy), but his legit acting work has been improving massively since his early role on The King of Queens. I still dig his leading performance in Big Fan, and his work in Jason…
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Kristen Wiig Takes Lead Role In Ben Stiller's 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'
While half the talk that involves Kristen Wiig of late seems to revolve around whether or not she wants to do a sequel to Bridesmaids (she doesn't) the actress is moving on to other stuff. She has already shot Imogene and another indie called Revenge of the Jolly!, and now she's looking at a role…
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Casting Bits: Megan Fox Also Up For Elizabeth Taylor Lifetime Role, Tommy Lee Jones In 'Emperor', Shirley MacLaine In 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'
If Lindsay Lohan seems like less than ideal casting for the role of Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime's Liz and Dick, how does Megan Fox strike you? In a talk with E!, executive producer Larry Thompson named the Transformers actress as one of the other names up for the lead. "I've been talking to Lindsay Lohan directly,…
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Ben Stiller Directing As Well As Starring In 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty' Remake
It has taken a while, but a remake of the unusual 1947 Danny Kaye film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (itself a loose adaptation of a James Thurber story) may finally happen. The last time we heard about the project it looked like Ben Stiller would play the henpecked clerk who daydreams his troubles…
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Ben Stiller To Remake 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'
Walter Mitty fancies himself a hero. At least in his dreams. The writer/perpetual daydreamer spends all of his time pretending that he's an action hero until, one day, he actually finds himself in the middle of a real life scenario where he'll be able to turn those dreams into reality. That's the basic gist of…
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Gore Verbinski To Direct The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty?
In April, it was reported that The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a remake project that has been kicking around the studios for over a decade, had new forward momentum. 20th Century Fox had hired a new screenwriter: The Pursuit of Happyness scribe Steven Conrad. Now Risky Business is reporting that Pirates of the Caribbean…
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The Pursuit Of Happyness Scribe To Write The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
Earlier this week we reported on the fact that The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a remake project that has been kicking around studios for over a decade, seemed to have new forward momentum. An offer has reportedly gone out to Sacha Baron Cohen to play the central character, who has classically been a guy…
Read MoreSacha Baron Cohen In The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty?
There's something in the air of late that has projects that have simmered for years finally coming to life. On the Road may finally be moving forward, the Mighty Mouse adaptation is happening again, and now there may be steps taken on one of the films that has kicked around Hollywood for years: The Secret…
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