By Zap2it.com

Richard Dreyfuss won an Oscar for his performance as wannabe actor Elliot Garfield in the 1977 movie of "The Goodbye Girl" and Jeff Daniels may be hoping for a similar awards bounty as he discusses taking the role in the new TNT update.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Daniels would join Patricia Heaton ("Everybody Loves Raymond") in the telefilm. Heaton is already signed on to play the role of the divorced single mom played by Marsha Mason in the Herbert Ross's film. Neil Simon, who received an Oscar nomination for his script of the film, is writing and executive producing the remake. Ron Ziskin and Dave Collins are sharing executive producing duties and Don Safran will co-executive produce.

In the 1980s, Daniels had a superior string of leading man roles in films as diverse as "Terms of Endearment," "Something Wild," "The Purple Rose of Cairo" and "Heartburn." Still, for millions, he's best known as Harry Dunne from "Dumb and Dumber." Daniels most recently appeared in theaters in "The Hours" and "Gods and Generals." 

Slightly less versed in TV, Daniels has appeared as George Washington in the A&E movie "The Crossing" and in the Academic Decathlon movie "Cheaters" on HBO. He also appeared on an episode of "Hawaii Five-O" in 1980.