Participant Media has hired Ben Stiller to direct the drama Help Me Spread Goodness, which ties in some humoristic elements.
Stiller will also produce the project through his company Red Hour Productions, and his partners, Stuart Kornfeld and Jeremy Kramer.
The story follows a Chicago banker who becomes the victim of fraud by a Nigerian Internet scam.
Like other productions at Participant Media, the film will also encourage social commitment. Help Me Spread Goodness will also unveil problems that Nigeria faces and other countries in Africa as well.
The filming date is contingent upon the other project Stiller is directing, The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Starting May 22, we can see Ben Stiller star in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.