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Reese Witherspoon remakes Midnight
By M&C Movie News May 31, 2007, 12:15 GMT
Reese Witherspoon - © Glenn Harris / Photorazzi
Reese Witherspoon has been signed to star in a Universal Pictures remake of the 1939 comedy ‘Midnight’ to be scripted by Michael Arndt, winner of an Oscar for ‘Little Miss Sunshine.’
In the original pic, Claudette Colbert played a impoverished 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.
The original was released by Paramount but became U property when the studio bought the pre-1948 Par library.
Remake will be produced by Witherspoon and her partner Jennifer Simpson along with Mary Parent and Scott Stuber.
"’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."
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