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Cannes: Reese Witherspoon Joining Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Inherent Vice’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 15, 2013 @ 5:00pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Inherent Vice, Joaquin Phoenix, Paul Thomas Anderson, Reese Witherspoon
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: All actors want to work with Paul Thomas Anderson and it’s no surprise he’s lining up a killer cast for his adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel Inherent Vice. I hear Reese Witherspoon is the latest marquee name to join Joaquin Phoenix, Owen Wilson and Benicio Del Toro in the film. Book takes place in Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, as drug-fueled detective Larry “Doc” Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend. Witherspoon re-teams with Phoenix, with whom she had a triumphant pairing in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line. Witherspoon won the Oscar for her portrayal of June Carter and Phoenix got an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Johnny Cash. Warner Bros will distribute Inherent Vice. She’s repped by CAA and Management 360.

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Cannes: Exclusive Media Acquires Sales Rights To ‘Passengers’ With Keanu Reeves And Reese Witherspoon Starring

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday May 7, 2013 @ 11:27am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Exclusive Media, Keanu Reeves, Passngers, Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon ArrestEXCLUSIVE: Exclusive Media has picked up international rights to Passengers, the sci-fi romance starring Keanu Reeves and now Reese Witherspoon that Game Of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire director Brian Kirk is directing in his major feature film debut. Wayfare Entertainment is financing and producing the pic from a script by Prometheus scribe Jon Spaihts. The story follows a spacecraft transporting thousands of people to a distant colony planet that has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result, a single passenger (Reeves) is awakened 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he eventually decides to wake up a second passenger (Witherspoon), marking the beginning of what becomes a unique love story. The script was developed by Stephen Hamel and Reeves at their production shingle Company Films. Hamel will produce the pic with Wayfare CEO Ben Browning. Start Media’s Michael Maher and Lynwood Spinks will executive produce. CAA is repping domestic rights to the pic.

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Reese Witherspoon Reteams With James Mangold For ‘Three Little Words’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday May 6, 2013 @ 1:21pm PDTTags: Amanda Seyfried, James Mangold, Reese Witherspoon, Three Little Words

Amanda Seyfried is in negotiations to co-star alongside Reese Witherspoon in Three Little Words, which Witherspoon’s Walk The Line helmer James Mangold will direct. Lewis Colick and Michael Petroni wrote the script, an adaptation of the 2008 New York Times bestseller by Ashley Rhodes-Courter, about a … Read More »

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Fox 2000 Acquires Americanized ‘Get Her Off The Pitch’ For Reese Witherspoon

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 1, 2013 @ 11:55am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Depth Of Field, Fox 2000, Get Her Off The Pitch, J. Mills Goodloe, Reese Witherspoon
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Fox 2000 has acquired Depth Of Field, a screenplay by J. Mills Goodloe that is an Americanized version of Get Her Off The Pitch, the 2009 bestselling memoir by Times Of London cultural critic Lynne Truss. Elizabeth Gabler bought it with the idea of shaping it as a star vehicle for Reese Witherspoon, who’ll produce it with Twilight Saga‘s Karen Rosenfelt and Bruna Papandrea.

Truss, once a self-described proud sports atheist, was sent on a lark by her editor to cover the World Cup. Her readers were amused, and Truss eventually spent four years covering major sporting events throughout Europe and America, writing humorous and somewhat academic essays. Along the way, she slowly became a convert, discovering the significance of sport, and how it affected her own life and relationships. Get Her Off The Pitch was never published in the U.S., but Goodloe discovered it in a bookstore while on a trip to Sydney. He transplanted Truss’ story to an American sport. Read More »

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Corey Stoll, Sarah Baker, Sudanese Lost Boys Cast In ‘The Good Lie’

By JEN YAMATO | Wednesday April 3, 2013 @ 1:10pm PDTTags: Corey Stoll, Reese Witherspoon, The Good Lie

EXCLUSIVE: Corey Stoll (House Of Cards, Midnight In Paris) and Sarah Baker (The Campaign) have joined the cast of The Good Lie, about a young Sudanese refugee who wins a lottery for relocation to the U.S. with three others. Ugandan-born Brit Arnold Oceng (My Brother The Devil) nabbed the lead role of Mamere opposite Reese Witherspoon as a brash American woman assigned to help the Lost Boys. The pic, based on true events, begins filming Monday in Atlanta before production heads to Africa. Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar) is directing from a screenplay by Margaret Nagle (Warm Springs, Boardwalk Empire).

Filmmakers took pains to cast actors of Sudanese origin in the project, which was developed in the Imagine-Reliance Entertainment Writers Lab. A worldwide casting search led them to Ger Duany, a former Sudanese Lost Boy who emigrated to the U.S. and became a professional model, and fellow ex-child soldier-turned-hip hop artist Emmanuel Jal.
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Fox 2000 Lands J. Courtney Sullivan Novel ‘The Engagements’ For Reese Witherspoon’s Pacific Standard

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 20, 2013 @ 3:31pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Fox 2000, J. Courtney Sullivan, Reese Witherspoon, The Engagements
Mike Fleming

Fox 2000 is in final negotiations to acquire film rights to J. Courtney Sullivan’s upcoming novel The Engagements. Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea of Pacific Standard will produce. Marisa Paiva is the exec at the studio. … Read More »

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OSCARS: Past Winners Berry, Bullock, Kidman & Witherspoon Set As Presenters

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday February 13, 2013 @ 7:58am PSTTags: Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Oscars, Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Bullock

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Academy Award® winners Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon will present on the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. All four have previously won the award for Best Actress.

Berry won the award for her performance in “Monster’s Ball” (2001), Bullock for “The Blind Side” (2009), Kidman for “The Hours” (2002) and Witherspoon for “Walk the Line” (2005).

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eOne In Multi-Territory Deal On Reese Witherspoon-Starrer ‘The Good Lie’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday February 7, 2013 @ 12:03pm PSTTags: Berlin Film Festival, Big Deals Film, Reese Witherspoon, The Good Lie

Toronto/London/Berlin – February 7, 2013 –Entertainment One (“eOne”) is pleased to announce that it has secured multi-territory rights in all media to the upcoming drama The Good Lie, starring Reese Witherspoon. eOne will handle distribution of the film in the UK, Spain, Benelux and Australia/NZ. Lionsgate International represented the international rights to the film on behalf of the film’s producers.

From celebrated Canadian director Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar), The Good Lie tells the story of a young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. They develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman (Witherspoon) assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to his new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

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Reese Witherspoon Circling ‘The Good Lie’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday January 24, 2013 @ 1:32pm PSTTags: Reese Witherspoon, The Good Lie
Mike Fleming

Reese Witherspoon is in talks to star in the THE GOOD LIE directed by Philippe Falardeau (MONSIEUR LAZHAR) with screenplay by Margaret Nagle (WARM SPRINGS). THE GOOD LIE will be produced by

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Nick Hornby To Adapt Cheryl Strayed Memoir ‘Wild’ For Reese Witherspoon And River Road

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 29, 2012 @ 2:21pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Bill Pohlad, Reese Witherspoon
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After seeing so many of his novels turned into films, Nick Hornby is taking on the work of a peer. He has signed to write the script for Wild, the bestselling Cheryl Strayed memoir that Pacific Standard’s Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea have set up with River Road Entertainment’s Bill Pohlad. Witherspoon and Papandrea will produce with Pohlad, who’ll finance development.

In Wild, Strayed tells the inspiring story of a woman who tries to rebuild her shattered life by taking on a mission not seen in film since Forrest Gump ran across the country. Traumatized by the death of her mother and then the breakup of her marriage, Strayed made the impulsive decision to try regaining her mojo by taking on an 1100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State. Despite no experience in long-distance hiking, she succeeded and in the process pulled herself back together. Wild is among several female-driven projects that Witherspoon and Papandrea have put in development since they formed Pacific Standard last March; others include the Gillian Flynn novel Gone Girl, Mitch Larson’s Pennyroyal’s Boot Camp, and Pharm Girl. Just as important, Wild creates an opportunity for Witherspoon to play a strong heroine, the role she shines in most brightly. Read More »

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CW Buys Modern-Day ‘Great Expectations’ Executive Produced By Reese Witherspoon

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 8, 2012 @ 1:00pm PDTTags: Reese Witherspoon, the CW
Nellie Andreeva

Reese Witherspoon Expectations CWThe CW has put in development Expectations, a modern reimagining of Charles Dickens’ classic Great Expectations, which will be executive produced by Reese Witherspoon. Written by feature scribe J. Mills Goodloe, Expectations centers on a small-town girl with big dreams of making it in the city who is quickly disillusioned by the harsh reality of living in San Francisco — until her fortunes unexpectedly turn thanks to an anonymous benefactor. CBS TV Studios, Television 360 and Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea’s recently launched Pacific Standard produce; Goodloe, Witherspoon, Papandrea and Television 360’s Meghan Lyvers and Evelyn O’Neill executive produce. Read More »

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Fox Buys Jill Soloway/Reese Witherspoon Working Mom Comedy

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 2, 2012 @ 6:07pm PDTTags: Fox, Reese Witherspoon
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Reese Witherspoon is set to executive produce Wendy & Peter, a half-hour comedy written by Jill Soloway that has been sold to Fox. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on single working mom Wendy, who gets the hardest assignment of her life: as the right-hand woman and den mother to kid-genius tech billionaire Peter and the lost boys he calls family. United States Of Tara and Six Feet Under alumna Soloway executive produces with Pacific Standard’s Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea and Television 360′s Meghan Lyvers and Evelyn O’Neill. Read More »

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Summit Enlists For Reese Witherspoon & ‘Princess Boot Camp’ Novel

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday July 30, 2012 @ 3:49pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Reese Witherspoon, Summit Entertainment
Mike Fleming

Reese Witherspoon Pennyroyal Princess Boot CampEXCLUSIVE: Summit Entertainment has acquired feature rights to Pennyroyal’s Princess Boot Camp, the M.A. Larson novel that had been optioned by Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea and their Pacific Standard production banner. Witherspoon latched onto the book early with the intention of playing a supporting role as well as producing. It was the first project they picked up when Pacific Standard was formed in March. The unpublished novel was recently picked up by Putnam Children’s for a two-book series. Read More »

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Comic-Con: Fox, Reese Witherspoon At Center Of 7-Figure Deal For Gillian Flynn Novel ‘Gone Girl’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday July 12, 2012 @ 9:07am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Reese Witherspoon
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In a whopping summer auction that reached seven figures, 20th Century Fox acquired Gone Girl, the Gillian Flynn novel that was just published by Crown and is atop The New York Times Bestseller List for the second week in a row. The book will be produced … Read More »

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Top Commercials Helmer Bryan Buckley Returns To Features On ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 21, 2012 @ 11:38am PDTTags: John Gray, Lionsgate-Summit, Reese Witherspoon
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Buckley returns to features on the Reese Witherspoon vehicle Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus at Lionsgate Summit. The film is based on the John Gray self-help title, a guide to relationships and marriage that is … Read More »

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‘Mud’: Did Cannes Save One Of The Best For Last? McConaughey, Witherspoon Speak Up

By PETE HAMMOND | Saturday May 26, 2012 @ 7:16am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Cannes Film Festival, Matthew McConaughey, Mud, Paul Newman, Reese Witherspoon
Pete Hammond

Judging from the bad buzz that has haunted it since a 2PM buyers screening on May 16, the first day of the 65th Cannes Film Festival, you might have thought FilmNation’s and Everest Entertainment’s  Mud was as appealing at its … Read More »

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Reese Witherspoon’s Pacific Standard Options ‘Pennyroyal’s Princess Boot Camp’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 21, 2012 @ 10:30am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Reese Witherspoon
Mike Fleming

Reese Witherspoon Pennyroyal's Princess Boot CampPacific Standard, launched by Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea, will develop the M.A. Larson children’s novel Pennyroyal’s Princess Boot Camp. They will produce and Witherspoon plans to play a supporting role. Book is a … Read More »

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Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea Team To Launch Pacific Standard Banner; Can They Bring Back The Sass?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 8, 2012 @ 1:50pm PSTTags: Reese Witherspoon
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Reese Witherspoon has just announced a new production banner to produce film vehicles. Hopefully, Witherspoon will generate some that portray her in the sassy way that audiences want to see her. Whether it was Water for Elephants or the … Read More »

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Ryan Murphy Plans ‘One Hit Wonders’ With Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Beyonce And Andy Samberg

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 28, 2012 @ 1:59pm PSTTags: Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Murphy, Sony Pictures
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Beyonce’s camp says that she isn’t attached to One Hit Wonders, so perhaps this was a bit of over-exuberance on the part of the filmmakers. Still a crazy good cast if you ask me.

EXCLUSIVE: In a seven-figure preemptive deal, Sony Pictures is collaborating with Ryan Murphy on One Hit Wonders, a musical comedy pitch that will be written as a star vehicle for Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Beyonce and Andy Samberg.

Murphy is attached to direct, and he will write the script with his Glee cohorts Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. Murphy will produce with Paltrow (who has practically become a Glee cast member) and the latter makes her debut as a producer on this film. Murphy hopes to direct it after he completes The Normal Heart.

Paltrow, Witherspoon and Diaz will play three singers who each scored a top hit song in the 1990s before watching their careers go down the drain. They decide to form a super group. Samberg and his Lonely Island cohorts will be involved in generating music for the film, I’m told. The project came out of a dinner Murphy had at the Soho House with Paltrow, Diaz and Witherspoon. They wanted to do something fun together and kicked around ideas until they settled on One Hit Wonders. Murphy, who made Eat Pray Love with Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal, took the pitch to her. Pascal bought it 10 minutes in. Read More »

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