What Makes Sammy Run
Potential Cast: Ben Stiller

While we can't say for certain what makes Sammy run, we do know that he's running a marathon and not a sprint. That may be because Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run is the ultimate Hollywood insider novel and, at the time of its publication in 1941, any studio wanting to adapt the tale of the ruthless and self-serving Hollywood screenwriter Sammy Glick would most likely find themselves part of its sordid storyline. Ben Stiller bought the rights to the book in the mid-1990s and wrote a script with Jerry Stahl, the man he played in Permanent Midnight, to direct for Warner Bros. In 2001, when Stiller moved his production company to DreamWorks, the then-burgeoning studio paid $2.6 million to Warners to have the project move along with him, but the ubiquitous Stiller hasn't been able to fit the film into his schedule.

Project Status: Stiller is currently directing Tropic Thunder, his first film since Zoolander which means Sammy will have to keep running offscreen.

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