Reese Witherspoon is taking it to the courts in her next feature film.
The actress, now on everyone’s A-list after last summer’s smash hit Legally Blonde, will be paid a cool $8 million (her biggest payday to date) to star in an as-yet untitled drama set in the world of professional women’s tennis.
Witherspoon will play a former tennis prodigy whose intense determination leads her to lose her composure at the U.S. Open and ruin her career. At 24, she is considered a has-been and is relegated to taking a job as a resident pro at a swanky tennis club, giving lessons to the rich. However, she eventually aligns herself with an Anna Kournikova-type player, who has beauty and endorsements but lacks the drive to win major tournaments.
No director is attached but production company Intermedia Films hopes to start shooting in early May.
