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Reese Witherspoon Picks Screenwriter Arash Amel to Adapt “In a Dark Dark Wood” for New Line
Ruth Ware’s best-selling novel is a suspense thriller about a woman attending the bachelorette party for her high school BFF she hasn’t seen in ten years.
The true story of Anita Hemmings, a light-skinned black woman who passes for white in order to attend Vassar at the turn of the century.
Monica Beletsky will adapt Karin Tanabe’s book The Gilded Years, having previously episodes of such hit TV shows as Fargo, The Leftovers, Parenthood and Friday Night Lights.
Something in the Water is about a woman whose life is on the upswing, marriage, a successful career, and then she’s thrown a curveball. One that will challenge not only her priorities but her ethics.
Things take a dark turn for a group of moms whose perfect lives begin to unravel.
Reese Witherspoon, under her Pacific Standard banner, and Spotlight producer Anonymous Content are developing a television adaptation of First Women by Kate Andersen Brower. House of Cards’ First Lady Robin Wright is set to direct and executive produce the project.
Academy Award-winner Reese Witherspoon and The Mindy Project creator Mindy Kaling are circling A Wrinkle In Time, Disney’s adaptation of the classic children’s book from director Ava Duvernay.
Pacific Standard co-founders Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea are parting ways, ending a five-year partnership which resulted in Oscar-nominated hits Gone Girl and Wild.
Actors Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman are teaming up with their production companies, Pacific Standard and Blossom Films, respectively, to develop Truly Madly Guilty. They have optioned the film rights for the novel by Australian author Liane Moriarty.
Director Hallie Meyers-Shyer is looking to cast Reese Witherspoon in her upcoming indie comedy, Home Again. The Academy Award-winning actress would replace Rose Byrne, who was previously attached to star.
