Word has it that Owen Wilson (star of such fine films as Meet the Parents, Starsky & Hutch and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) will play the lead in the film version of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The classic Thurber tale of the quintessential daydreamer was made into a movie once before, back in 1947. It’s interesting to note that Wilson appeared in another book to film adaptation (one we’ve mentioned recently, even) — the movie version of Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions.