May 22,2013

Reese joins Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Inherent Vice’?

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According to Deadline, Reese joins Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice. Read below:

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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May 15,2013

Reese Witherspoon: From Teeny-Bopper to Serious Actress

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Remember the days when a young pre-Legally Blonde Reese Witherspoon would do movies like Pleasantville and Cruel Intentions? She was so vibrant and perky; she looked like someone who would probably enjoy playing online games like www.foxybingo.com. It’s amazing how she evolved from a “teen queen” to the serious actress she is today. This transformation certainly required a huge amount of focus on her part and an undying dedication to her craft.

Witherspoon’s breakthrough came when she starred in a film about Elle Woods, a fashion conscious Harvard Law student, in Legally Blonde. Critics praised her performance in the movie, while some called her “the next Meg Ryan.” And they were right. She followed Legally Blonde with a string of romantic comedies namely The Importance of Being Earnest and Sweet Home Alabama. The former was a critical success while the latter had a great showing in the box office, garnering $180 million. This made Reese Witherspoon a bankable star and placed her name in Hollywood’s A-list.

During the mid-2000s, Witherspoon shifted her attention away from romantic comedies to make serious films. In 2005 she played June Cash, country legend singer Johnny Cash’s wife, in Walk the Line. She swept almost all the Best Actress awards for the film including the BAFTA, Golden Globe, Satellite, Screen Actors Guild, and Academy Awards.

However, after winning the Best Actress award, Witherspoon failed to maintain her “bankable” status. Following Walk the Line, she went back to the genre she became famous for: romance movies. Unfortunately, the reception was not the same as before. She starred in three “so-so” films: How Do You Know (2010), Water for Elephants (2011) and This Means War (2012). All failed to make the standards that were expected of them.

Right now, Reese is currently doing a movie adaptation of the controversial book, The Devil’s Knot by Mara Leveritt. This is a good chance for her to redeem herself and show everyone that she still has “it” in her.

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May 03,2013

Reese in Talks to Join Keanu Reeves in Sci-Fi Love Story ‘Passengers’

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Reese Witherspoon has entered into talks to star opposite Keanu Reeves in Passengers, a sci-fi love drama that Brian Kirk is directing for Wayfare Entertainment.

The script – Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) wrote the most recent draft – in which a starship transporting human cargo to a colony malfunctions, causing one passenger (Reeves) to prematurely thaw from a cryogenic slumber nearly a century before anyone else. Not wanting to be alone, he decides to wake up another passenger, a female.

Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that talks are in the early stages, but should a deal close, Witherspoon would play the female lead. Reeves is producing the movie with Stephen Hamel and Ben Browning. Michael Maher is exec producing. The project is expected to be presented to buyers at Cannes. A shoot in Montreal is being planned.

Witherspoon, who was arrested last month in Atlanta for disorderly conduct after her CAA agent husband was pulled over for a DUI, is making the rounds promoting her indie drama Mud, in which she stars with Matthew McConaughey. She next appears in Devil’s Knot, a true-life drama about the West Memphis Three.

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May 02,2013

Reese on Good Morning America

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Reese spoke about the arrest for the first time on Good Morning America and of course, about her new film Mud. Check out the video below:

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May 02,2013

Reese Witherspoon to Produce American Version of Get Her Off the Pitch

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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.

It becomes another strong project she and Papandrea have set up to produce under their Pacific Standard banner at Fox. They include Gone Girl, the Gillian Flynn bestseller that I keep hearing will be David Fincher’s next film. Witherspoon just opened opposite Matthew McConaughey in the Jeff Nichols-directed Mud. Goodloe most recently adapted the Nicholas Sparks novel The Best Of Me for Warner Bros and director Michael Hoffman. Reese is repped by CAA and Evelyn O’Neill at Management 360. Goodloe is repped by UTA and Eryn Brown at Management 360.

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Apr 30,2013

Reese on Red Magazine

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Reese is on the cover of Red Magazine and you can check the scans and the article below!

New baby, new production company and two of the best roles of her career – Reese Witherspoon is at the top of her game. She talks ambition, inspiration and why her girlfriends keep her sane, with Rosamund Dean. Read:

There are some actresses who are so adored on screen, you almost don’t want to meet them, in case the reality doesn’t live up to the fantasy. Reese Witherspoon is one. This is the woman who taught us the ‘bend and snap’ in Legally Blonde, played Rachel’s little sister in Friends, and won an Oscar as resilient, conflicted June Carter in Walk The Line.
Sitting in the bar of the Beverly Hills Hotel where we are to meet for afternoon tea, I wonder: how can the real Reese Witherspoon possibly compete? Then, she strides in, all impenetrably dark sunglasses and stylish black sweater thrown over a red Carven dress.

For a second, she looks intimidating, but then the glasses come off, that megawatt smile comes on and I relax. She actually is the charming southern belle we know and love, her conversation peppered with ‘y’know’ and ‘y’all’.

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