# In 2007, Reese Witherspoon developed and produced a movie from the ground up. Three weeks before shooting, she quit

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-2007-reese-witherspoon-developed-and-produced-a-movie-from-the-ground-up-three-weeks-before-shooting-she-quit/
- Published: 2026-11-08T20:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T21:25:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/2007-reese-witherspoon-developed-produced-movie-quit/

## Key points

- Witherspoon quit the remake three weeks before filming.
- The script was only about 80 pages and unfinished.
- Sony revived the project in 2024 after 17 years.

## Summary

After winning an Oscar for Walk the Line, Reese Witherspoon planned to produce and star in a remake of the 1965 thriller Bunny Lake Is Missing. She left the project in March 2007, three weeks before filming was due to start, and it collapsed when her star power was no longer attached.

Reports at the time linked her departure to her divorce from Ryan Phillippe, but the article says the reason was business-related. Witherspoon had expected a completed screenplay but was given an unfinished draft of about 80 pages, with major scenes still unwritten. The remake returned to development at Sony in 2024, after 17 years, while Witherspoon went on to star in Four Christmases.

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