Reese Witherspoon in talks to topline Keanu Reeves’ "Passengers" sci-fi

Reese Witherspoon in talks to topline Keanu Reeves’

PanARMENIAN.Net - Reese Witherspoon is in talks to join Keanu Reeves in Wayfare Entertainment's sci-fi love story "Passengers", TheWrap said.

Brian Kirk ("Game of Thrones") is directing "Passengers" from a script by Jon Spaihts ("Prometheus").

Story finds Reeves onboard a spaceship where he wakes up early from a cryogenic sleep chamber. Not wanting to be alone, he decides to wake up a female passenger, who may be played by Witherspoon.

Witherspoon can currently be seen playing refreshingly against type as Matthew McConaughey's love interest in Jeff Nichols' Southern drama "Mud," and she also co-stars alongside Colin Firth in the upcoming West Memphis 3 drama "Devil's Knot."

The Hollywood Reporter broke the news of Witherspoon's casting in Passengers.

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