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Reese Witherspoon to star in remake of 30s comedy
Moviehole friend Reese Witherspoon will star in a remake of the Claudette Colbert classic “Midnight” (1939).
Michael Arndt, who won the Oscar for “Little Miss Sunshine”, will pen the redo, according to Variety.
“Midnight” has “long been one of my favorite films, and it is easily one of the best comedies of the ’30s,” Arndt said. “Being given the chance to update the film with Reese in the lead is simply a dream come true.”
In the original, Claudette Colbert starred as a destitute young woman in Paris who becomes a pawn when a wealthy man tries to get rid of the gigolo wooing his wife. John Barrymore also starred in the film that was directed by Mitchell Leisen and written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder.
Reese still has a couple of other films to do before plonking herself in front of the camera for “Midnight”.
