Inside Ben Stiller's Daydreams: The Making of 'Secret Life of Walter Mitty'

From Steven Spielberg and Jim Carrey to Sacha Baron Cohen and Mike Myers, many have tried to remake the 1947 classic about an adventure-prone daydreamer. But Stiller finally cracked the code and delivered a family-friendly, $90 million epic, opening Christmas Day. This story first appeared in the Jan. 3, 2014, issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. In the spring of 2003, then-Paramount vice chairman John Goldwyn sat down at the Hotel Bel-Air with his boss, Sherry Lansing, Jim Carrey and Steve...