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1:26 am - 06/09/2008

Reese Witherspoon and Ben Stiller in new Untitled Cameron Crowe project.


Witherspoon, Stiller fly with Crowe
Duo to star in Columbia Pictures comedy

By MICHAEL FLEMING, TATIANA SIEGEL

Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon will star in an untitled Cameron Crowe romantic comedy adventure at Columbia Pictures.

Columbia was the winning bidder, beating out four rival studios, in landing the fully developed project, which is being produced by Scott Rudin. Crowe, who wrote the screenplay, is also producing....


Studio is keeping the logline of the contemporary-set project under wraps.

Project reunites Crowe with Columbia for the first time since the helmer's "Almost Famous" in 2000. Crowe and studio topper Amy Pascal have a long-standing relationship that dates back to the filmmaker's 1989 "Say Anything," when Pascal was an executive at 20th Century Fox. Crowe made "Jerry Maguire" -- his biggest box office success -- for Columbia and Pascal.

Film, which will begin lensing in January when Stiller and Witherspoon's schedules open, brings together Rudin and Crowe for the first time. Columbia's move is reminiscent of Pascal outbidding several other parties in February to make Roland Emmerich's pricey "2012." Once again, Columbia is ponying up a sizable sum to add an instant slot-filler to its slate.

Stiller next will be seen in the August comedy "Tropic Thunder," which he also co-wrote, produced and directed. He is shooting "Night at the Museum 2: Escape From the Smithsonian."

Witherspoon's upcoming projects include "Four Christmases," opposite Vince Vaughn. She is voicing characters for DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters vs. Aliens."


Source: Variety

I love Reese, but another romantic comedy? Really? She does great at comedy don't get me wrong, but I also think she does great at her more dramatic roles too. I want them to announce she's going to be in Nice. It's been rumored for months she's going to be in on that project. It's about a woman who is too nice to breakup with her boyfriends so she kills them! Now that's a project I want to see her do.
[info]childish 9th-Jun-2008 01:09 pm (UTC)
I bet it's gonna be as awkward and devoid of chemistry as 'Along came Polly'.
[info]likeamime 9th-Jun-2008 01:13 pm (UTC)
i completly agree with what you said
[info]shehidesitwell 9th-Jun-2008 01:16 pm (UTC)
Ugh, romantic comedies.

However, I want to have Ben Stiller's babies.
[info]beetlebummer 9th-Jun-2008 01:20 pm (UTC)
She was absolutely horrible in Rendition (then again, she pretty much had nothing to work with), so this is probably a good thing? idk.
[info]sassy_katt 9th-Jun-2008 05:11 pm (UTC)
That's because Rendition sucked big donkey balls. Two hours of my life I will never get back.
[info]beetlebummer 9th-Jun-2008 05:19 pm (UTC)
A+
[info]vendettavv 9th-Jun-2008 01:21 pm (UTC)
JUST TELL ME IF HE'S OKAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
[info]_aboutaboy 9th-Jun-2008 03:00 pm (UTC)
Oh my fucking god... I would lol @ that part all of the time.

I waited for the trailer to come on TV just for a good laugh.
[info]luna_incognita 9th-Jun-2008 01:22 pm (UTC)
She's lost her magic for me. Where's the Reece from Election or even Legally Blonde?
[info]donskii 9th-Jun-2008 01:30 pm (UTC)
excuse u wheres the reese from FREEWAY?

[info]secura 9th-Jun-2008 01:48 pm (UTC)
i kno rite
she was a crazy ho in that one
i luved it
[info]donskii 9th-Jun-2008 01:58 pm (UTC)
white trash i'd say
[info]kerrence 9th-Jun-2008 01:28 pm (UTC)
yay a battle of two people who play the same fucking characters in every movie! woo!
[info]_glarawen_ 9th-Jun-2008 05:15 pm (UTC)
I agree, lol.

And another romantic comedy for Reese. So surprising. And that's got an Oscar... Pff.
[info]aurora_sparkles 9th-Jun-2008 01:33 pm (UTC)
They are both pretty short, maybe it'll be a romantic comedy about jockeys.

[info]donskii 9th-Jun-2008 01:52 pm (UTC)
rude
[info]aurora_sparkles 9th-Jun-2008 01:59 pm (UTC)
are you kidding? it would be awesome!

the epic races, the dazzling satin jerseys, taking off the helmet to shake hair in the sun...(as Heart plays in the background)


yay rhys! <3
[info]daijouboo 9th-Jun-2008 02:18 pm (UTC)
I like where your head's at
[info]vendettavv 9th-Jun-2008 01:57 pm (UTC)
Tom Cruise and Robert Downey JR need to be in this if so

and Danny Devito, he'll be credited as "and Danny Devito" like always
[info]aurora_sparkles 9th-Jun-2008 02:08 pm (UTC)
lol, yes!
let's make this happen!!

and Danny Devito has to be chomping on a cigar :)
[info]girlyevil 9th-Jun-2008 01:40 pm (UTC)
i love her, but she needs to pick better movie roles (Walk the Line!).
[info]condenast 9th-Jun-2008 01:44 pm (UTC)
I'm happy Crowe is doing something again and I can see him using Reese but Stiller? UGH NO!
[info]aurora_sparkles 9th-Jun-2008 01:51 pm (UTC)
ikr, reese has stretch, but stiller will take it in the same direction as the other lame ass recent comedies ---> $2 bin

maybe cameron will just drown him out with a soft-rock 70s soundtrack
[info]donskii 9th-Jun-2008 01:56 pm (UTC)
so random right but stiller is a genius...no love for zoolander???
[info]aurora_sparkles 9th-Jun-2008 02:04 pm (UTC)
I love stiller when he does his OWN stuff eg. Zoolander, Reality Bites, etc ^_^


[info]daijouboo 9th-Jun-2008 02:20 pm (UTC)
Ugh Elizabethtown was one of the most masturbatory movies I have seen in a LONG time. Let's hope this is better.
[info]la_petite_singe 9th-Jun-2008 02:30 pm (UTC)
"Two words for you, man: 'Heartbreak' and 'Kid'!"
[info]artvandellay 9th-Jun-2008 03:17 pm (UTC)
Cameron Crowe should stop making movies. They're always an hour too long and disjointed.
[info]beautifularmor 9th-Jun-2008 03:20 pm (UTC)
love Cameron Crowe
[info]cansuralama 9th-Jun-2008 03:30 pm (UTC)
Whatever, I love Ben Stiller.
[info]drained 9th-Jun-2008 04:22 pm (UTC)
and i so excited for his next film ugh


THIS BETTER NOT END UP LIKE ELIZABETHTOWN.
[info]cathartic_prose 9th-Jun-2008 04:33 pm (UTC)
Cameron Crowe movies <333333 I'm not so much for Jerry Maguire, but I love Say Anything and Almost Famous, plus, REESE.
[info]violue 9th-Jun-2008 04:48 pm (UTC)
I like Ben Stiller's romantic comedies alot more than I like his "character" comedies.
[info]furosha 9th-Jun-2008 05:05 pm (UTC)
WHO IN HERE HAS SEEN 'TEETH'

im still dying over it.
[info]sassy_katt 9th-Jun-2008 05:20 pm (UTC)
I DID! I NEARLY DIED OF LAUGHTER. LOVED IT, IN A VERY STRANGE WAY. :D
[info]lawzl 9th-Jun-2008 06:52 pm (UTC)
same!
[info]pattieono 9th-Jun-2008 06:28 pm (UTC)
I love you Cameron, but pleeeeease, stay away from that one-dimensional limp rag !!!!!
[info]lawzl 9th-Jun-2008 06:53 pm (UTC)
Nice sounds good and fun
[info]twisted_angel20 9th-Jun-2008 07:10 pm (UTC)
IAW your commentary SFM, OP.
[info]puglover818 9th-Jun-2008 08:59 pm (UTC)
Ben Stiller over-rated! Y/Y?
[info]ryanchai 9th-Jun-2008 09:19 pm (UTC)
eh. crowe's stuff lately has been really horrible.
[info]joyciel 9th-Jun-2008 09:36 pm (UTC)
I hate it already...

and I all I've read was Ben Stiller
[info]loitered 10th-Jun-2008 07:06 am (UTC)
Ben needs to continue the spirit of Frat Pack films. I demand more silly movies about Ben in odd occupations costarring Owen Wilson! I really dislike the romantic comedies he does. He can do better. Zoolander is an example of his talent since he did a lot for the movie.
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