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  • Reese Witherspoon to return for sequel of ‘Election’ 

    By Express News Service

    Reese Witherspoon is all set to reprise her role from the 1999 political comedy film Election in the upcoming sequel titled  Tracy Flick Can’t Win. Along with playing the titular role of Tracy Flick, the actor will also produce the film. Alexander Payne who made the original film will return to direct the sequel. 

    The film will be based on the recently released novel of the same name written by Tom Perrotta who also wrote Election in 1998, the novel on which the original film was based. Payne will co-write the film adaptation of the sequel along with Jim Taylor.

    The sequel finds Tracy Flick working as an assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. The film is being developed to stream on the Paramount Pictures streaming site Paramount+. Witherspoon will be producing with Lauren Neustadter under her banner Hello Sunshine, and Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa will be joining as producers under the banner Bona Fide Productions. 

    Reese Witherspoon is all set to reprise her role from the 1999 political comedy film Election in the upcoming sequel titled  Tracy Flick Can’t Win. Along with playing the titular role of Tracy Flick, the actor will also produce the film. Alexander Payne who made the original film will return to direct the sequel. 

    The film will be based on the recently released novel of the same name written by Tom Perrotta who also wrote Election in 1998, the novel on which the original film was based. Payne will co-write the film adaptation of the sequel along with Jim Taylor.

    The sequel finds Tracy Flick working as an assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. The film is being developed to stream on the Paramount Pictures streaming site Paramount+. Witherspoon will be producing with Lauren Neustadter under her banner Hello Sunshine, and Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa will be joining as producers under the banner Bona Fide Productions. 

  • Reese Witherspoon to return as Tracy Flick for ‘Election’ sequel 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon is set to reprise her iconic role of Tracy Flick in the upcoming sequel of Alexander Payne’s cult comedy “Election.”

    The original, which was released in 1999, was based on the book of the same name by Tom Perrotta. It centred on Witherspoon’s hyperactive high school kid Tracy running for school president.

    According to the entertainment website The Hollywood Reporter, Payne will be returning to direct and will also write the sequel along with Jim Taylor.

    Titled “Tracy Flick Can’t Win”, the film is based on a follow-up novel by Perrotta which was released in June.

    The satirical dark comedy finds the eponymous Tracy in adulthood and still struggling to fight her way to the top.

    Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter will produce the film under their Hello Sunshine banner with Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger. Perrotta will serve as executive producer.

    The makers are yet to finalise the rest of the cast. The film will debut on the streaming platform, Paramount+.

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon is set to reprise her iconic role of Tracy Flick in the upcoming sequel of Alexander Payne’s cult comedy “Election.”

    The original, which was released in 1999, was based on the book of the same name by Tom Perrotta. It centred on Witherspoon’s hyperactive high school kid Tracy running for school president.

    According to the entertainment website The Hollywood Reporter, Payne will be returning to direct and will also write the sequel along with Jim Taylor.

    Titled “Tracy Flick Can’t Win”, the film is based on a follow-up novel by Perrotta which was released in June.

    The satirical dark comedy finds the eponymous Tracy in adulthood and still struggling to fight her way to the top.

    Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter will produce the film under their Hello Sunshine banner with Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger. Perrotta will serve as executive producer.

    The makers are yet to finalise the rest of the cast. The film will debut on the streaming platform, Paramount+.

  • Reese Witherspoon’s son Deacon Phillippe to make acting debut 

    By Express News Service

    Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s 18-year-old musician son Deacon Phillippe will make his acting debut in the third season of the Netflix comedy, Never Have I Ever.

    Created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, Never Have I Ever follows Indian American teenager Devi Vishwakumar as she navigates the ups and downs of high school life.

    Deacon will guest star as Parker, a newcomer in the orbit of Devi. According to a release from Netflix, Parker is a member of a rival debate team from a rich private school. His lifestyle offers him certain advantages that allow him to coast as a student, so he’s always ready to party.

    Never Have I Ever was renewed for two more seasons, with the fourth season planned to be released in 2023. The third season is set to premiere on August 12. 

    Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s 18-year-old musician son Deacon Phillippe will make his acting debut in the third season of the Netflix comedy, Never Have I Ever.

    Created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, Never Have I Ever follows Indian American teenager Devi Vishwakumar as she navigates the ups and downs of high school life.

    Deacon will guest star as Parker, a newcomer in the orbit of Devi. According to a release from Netflix, Parker is a member of a rival debate team from a rich private school. His lifestyle offers him certain advantages that allow him to coast as a student, so he’s always ready to party.

    Never Have I Ever was renewed for two more seasons, with the fourth season planned to be released in 2023. The third season is set to premiere on August 12.
     

  • Reese Witherspoon to adapt NFTs into movies, TV Shows

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Actor Reese Witherspoon is planning to adapt NFTs into movies and TV Shows.

    As per Variety, Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine has partnered with World of Women (WoW), the NFT collective, for the adaptations of non-fungible tokens.

    Talking about the same, Witherspoon said, “While the crypto and NFT space is largely dominated by men, there are inspiring leaders like World of Women creating incredible communities for women during this massive shift for media and technology.”

    She added, “We’re proud to partner with WoW to expand their universe of characters and to develop innovative scripted and unscripted content. We look forward to engaging with the remarkable WoW community at every step of this partnership and creating opportunities for WoW holders to work collaboratively with Hello Sunshine on transforming the WoW art into powerful stories.”

    Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine was co-founded in 2016, with a goal of developing more female-fronted stories in film, and television.

  • ‘The Morning Show’ renewed for season three at Apple

    By PTI

    Apple TV Plus has renewed popular series “The Morning Show”, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, for a third season.

    In a statement, the streaming service said that Charlotte Stoudt is boarding the show as showrunner as part of a new, multi-year overall deal that she has signed with Apple.

    “I’m excited to be joining forces with Apple TV+ and ‘The Morning Show’. The cast, led by the phenomenal Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, are truly to die for.  Kerry, Mimi and Michael, and the teams at Media Res, Hello Sunshine and Echo Films, have created an irresistible world that is equally delicious and provocative,” said Stoudt.

    Kerry Ehrin, who developed and served as showrunner on the first two seasons of the Emmy-winning series, will serve as a consultant on the third season. She will also develop new projects for Apple under her overall deal.

    “The Morning Show” explores the cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning.

    It is told through the lens of two complicated women, played by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, working to navigate the minefield of high-octane jobs while facing crises in both their personal and professional lives.

    The second season, which released in September 2021, saw ‘The Morning Show’ team emerging from the wreckage of Alex (Aniston) and Bradley’s (Witherspoon) actions, to a new UBA and a world in flux, where identity is everything and the chasm between who we present as and who we really are comes into play.

    The series also stars Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Bel Powley, Desean Terry, Janina Gavankar, Tom Irwin and Marcia Gay Harden, as well as Greta Lee, Ruairi O’Connor, Hasan Minhaj, Holland Taylor, Tara Karsian, Valeria Golino and Julianna Margulies.

    “It has been thrilling to watch ‘The Morning Show’ go from strength to strength over the past two seasons, exploring topical storylines that have resonated with audiences around the world while also being incredibly addictive and entertaining,” said Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV Plus.

    “We’re excited to see where Charlotte takes these extraordinary characters in season three and to watch the magic that Jennifer, Reese and our awe-inspiring cast continue to bring to the captivating world of morning television,” he added.

  • Zoey Deutch to headline Something from Tiffany’s

    By Express News Service

    Actor Zoey Deutch will star in and produce an upcoming Amazon Original movie titled Something from Tiffany’s. Co-produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Amazon Studios, the film will be directed by Daryl Wein from a script written by Tamara Chestna.

    The film will follow a woman whose life is upended when an engagement ring meant for someone else leads her to the person she’s meant to be with. Something from Tiffany’s is produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, and executive produced by Zoey Deutch.Meanwhile, Deutch will be seen next in The Outfit. The actor recently wrapped Not Okay, which she produces and stars in. 

  • Ashton Kutcher cast opposite Reese Witherspoon in Netflix’s ‘Your Place or Mine’

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: American actor Ashton Kutcher just signed up for his first rom-com film in 10 years.

    As per People magazine, the 43-year-old actor has been cast alongside Reese Witherspoon in the upcoming Netflix film ‘Your Place or Mine’. The movie is about two best friends living on opposite coasts, who swap houses for one life-changing week.

    Kutcher is most known for his leading man roles in romantic comedies like ‘No Strings Attached’, ‘What Happens in Vegas’, ‘A Lot Like Love’ and ‘Just Married’.

    His last turn in the genre was the star-studded 2011 Garry Marshall ensemble feature ‘New Year’s Eve’, starring opposite Lea Michele. He’s since come off a four-season run of his Netflix series ‘The Ranch’, which aired its finale last January.

    Aline Brosh McKenna wrote the screenplay and will make her feature directorial debut with the film. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are co-producing under the actor’s Hello Sunshine banner, alongside Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films and their first-look deal with Netflix. McKenna will also produce through Lean Machine.

    The casting announcement comes one day after Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine sold for USD 900 million to Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer, with the backing of private equity firm Blackstone. She and CEO Sarah Harden will continue to run the company and remain equity holders while joining the board of the new company.

    In addition to producing ‘Big Little Lies’, ‘The Morning Show’ and ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ through the banner, they’re currently working on ‘Where the Crawdad’s Sing’ and ‘Legally Blonde 3’, from a screenplay by Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor.

    “Today, we’re taking a huge step forward by partnering with Blackstone, which will enable us to tell even more entertaining, impactful and illuminating stories about women’s lives globally,” Witherspoon said of the deal.

    “I couldn’t be more excited about what this means for our future. I am committed to continuing to create opportunity for filmmakers, authors and creators of all backgrounds and experiences to tell their stories in their own way, and to reach more audiences who will see that their stories matter,” she added.

    The Academy Award winner has starred in several of her Hello Sunshine titles, and she’s previously served memorable performances in ‘Wild’, ‘Walk the Line’, ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Cruel Intentions’. 

  • Ashton Kutcher, Reese Witherspoon team up for ‘Your Place or Mine’

    By Express News Service

    Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon are set to join forces for a romantic comedy titled, Your Place Or Mine. The film, which is currently in works at Netflix, will mark the directorial debut of screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, whose writing credits include The Devil Wears Prada, We Bought a Zoo, 27 Dresses, Annie, and Cruella.

    Your Place or Mine follows two best friends on opposite coasts who see their whole lives change when they swap homes for a week. Netflix is yet to announce the release date of the film.

    Your Place or Mine will mark Kutcher’s full-fledged starring role in a feature after Jobs in 2013. He was most recently seen in the comedy-drama series, The Ranch, which ended in 2020, and will also be seen in Vengeance, directed by BJ Novak. On the other hand, Witherspoon has Where the Crawdads Sing and Legally Blonde 3 in her upcoming slate of releases.

  • Reese Witherspoon says she got ‘panic attacks’ before filming ‘Wild’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon has revealed she had panic attacks prior to working on her 2014 movie “Wild”.

    The 45-year-old actor had collaborated with filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee for the critically-acclaimed feature, which was based on the 2012 memoir by Cheryl Strayed.

    The story followed the author’s 1,100 mile solo trek around the Pacific Crest Trail following a series of intense personal struggles.

    In a conversation with Tracee Ellis Ross for the Interview Magazine, Witherspoon revealed that she underwent hypnosis to help deal with the panic attacks.

    “I was so scared to do that, Tracee. I had hypnosis, I was so scared. I was having panic attacks for three weeks before I started,” Witherspoon said.

    There were a lot of aspects that made the actor nervous about the project, one of them was being in front of the camera alone.

    “There was the nudity, sexuality, and drug-use aspect, but also being alone on camera with no other actors. I hadn’t ever been alone in scenes for days and days. There were probably 25 days of the shoot where I had no other actor opposite me. It was just me and a camera and a backpack,” Witherspoon said.

    However, the actor, who had also produced the movie through her banner Hello Sunshine’s subsidiary Pacific Standard, remained committed in telling Strayed’s story through the film.

    “Cheryl Strayed’s book was so beautiful and sacred to me because it spoke to me so deeply about how we as women have to save ourselves.”

    “There’s no mother or father coming to save us. There’s no spouse. I thought it was radical that at the end of the film, she ends up with no family, no money, no job, no partner, and she’s happy,” Witherspoon said.

    The “Morning Show” star now wonders if she will ever work so hard on a film again.

    “I don’t know if I’ll ever work that hard again, but it changed me on a cellular level,” Witherspoon said.

    “Wild” was met with universal acclaim upon its release in 2014.

    The film was nominated for two Oscars — best actress for Witherspoon and best supporting actress for Laura Dern.

  • Media treated me and Britney Spears so differently that it felt arbitrary: Reese Witherspoon

    By Express News Service
    Actor-producer Reese Witherspoon says that as a young mother she too was incessantly chased by the paparazzi but the media had arbitrarily decided to brand her ‘good’ and singer Britney Spears ‘bad’.

    Witherspoon divorced Ryan Phillippe in 2008. Around the same time, Spears split from Kevin Federline. They both had two young children with paparazzi camping outside their homes. “My children will tell you stories about being in preschool and people climbing on the roofs of our cars,” Witherspoon said in a recent interview.

    The actor said watching Framing Britney Spears made her feel like one of the lucky ones because she and stars like Jennifer Garner were considered ‘good’, while Spears and Lindsay Lohan were branded ‘bad’.

    “What if the media had decided I was something else? I would be in a totally different position,” Witherspoon said. “I want to say it’s my decisions or the career choices I made, but it felt very arbitrary. And kind of sh***y.”

    Framing Britney Spears, the New York Times Present documentary, looks back at how the popularity of the singing star, who burst on the American music scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s, led to her mistreatment in the media with paparazzi documenting minute details of her personal life.

    In 2007, the year she got divorced from Federline, Spears had a meltdown and shaved her head with electric clippers at a salon in LA as paparazzi photographed her.