Reese Witherspoon is missing... from Bunny Lake Is Missing, of which she is producer and star, says Variety. With production set to start in five weeks, Witherspoon has abruptly dropped out of the remake, leaving the studio to scramble for a replacement.... Universal is developing Nick Redfern's Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs and Ape-men as a starring vehicle for Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder and a back-breaking straw for theater marquees everywhere.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, My Name Is Earl's Jason Lee will play live-action "dad" Dave Seville to computer-animated Alvin and the Chipmunks. Sounds good, doesn't it, Alvin? Alvin...? Alvin!!!!
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Per Variety, Reese Witherspoon is likely to star in a remake of Bunny Lake Is Missing, a 1965 Otto Preminger thriller about a woman whose daughter goes missing, yet perhaps never existed. Um, Flightplan? That Julianne Moore thing?... Brittany Snow has landed the lead in Finding Amanda, an indie in which a TV exec (Matthew Broderick) tries to save his niece from her life as a Vegas hooker and stripper.... Spike Lee will direct L.A. Riots, a drama based in the racially charged events of 1992.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, James Franco, Frances Fisher and Jason Patric have joined the cast of Paul Haggis' new film.... Dennis Quaid plays an NFL coach in The Express, a biopic of Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis. All together now: Let's go, Orange!
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