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Reese Witherspoon announces big career move after Hello Sunshine deal

Hello Sunshine is up and running

Ahad Sanwari - New York
Senior WriterNew York
August 5, 2021

Reese Witherspoon has had a monumental week, coming off the heels of a huge business decision that involved the sale of her media company, Hello Sunshine.

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Now, her week gets even more pumped as she announces to fans another exciting development in her career.

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Reese posted on her Instagram Stories a snapshot from a Deadline article, which stated that she would be joined by Ashton Kutcher in an upcoming Netflix movie.

Ashton will be playing the lead opposite Reese in the romantic-comedy Your Place or Mine, which will be a joint production venture between Jason Bateman's Aggregate Films and Hello Sunshine.

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She shared the article with the caption, "Beyond excited about this movie!" with a camera emoji, also tagging Netflix, Ashton, her company, and the movie's director.

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The movie will mark Ashton's return to rom-coms

Your Place or Mine will be directed and written by Aline Brosh McKenna, who co-wrote The Devil Wears Prada and was one of the co-creators of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

The big move for Reese comes right after it was announced that she'd sold her media company for a reported sum of $900 million.

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The actress launched Hello Sunshine in 2016 and, as well as launching podcasts and a well-loved book club, it has helped produce major TV shows such as Big Little Lies and The Morning Show.

The company has been bought by a new venture between private equity giant Blackstone Group, and former Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs; it is thought that the Oscar winning actress and Hello Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden will join the yet-unnamed new company board.

Reese's Hello Sunshine has been behind several podcasts, TV shows, and other ventures

Reese shared the incredible moment on her social media, writing, "Today, we're taking a huge step forward by partnering with @blackstone, which will enable us to tell even more entertaining, impactful and illuminating stories about women's lives globally."

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