Reese Witherspoon launches new banner

WitherspoonPapandrea Reese Witherspoon and "Warm Physiques" producer Bruna Papandrea have teamed to produce a brand new production banner, Off-shore Standard. Duo will fold numerous projects in to the partnership using their pre-existing shingles Type A Films making Movies. Off-shore Standard has lots of qualities prepared to visit to the marketplace, including an adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's approaching "Wild," which informs the storyline of the 1100-mile solo hike that stops working a youthful lady spinning from catastrophe and brings her to existence. Witherspoon and Papandrea anticipate with the associations they have forged with filmmakers, stars and authors to create wise, character-driven, commercial films both small and big. "I have been astounded by Bruna's taste and her abilities like a producer," stated Witherspoon. "I am very excited to become dealing with her. It is a pleasure to collaborate with someone so wise, fun and formidable." "In Reese I've discovered a like-minded and extremely passionate partner who truly shares exactly the same goals," added Papandrea. "I have were built with a wonderful time creating movies individually however i could not become more looking forward to the organization and brand we'll create together." Witherspoon gained her first creating credit for "Legally Blonde 2: Red-colored, Whitened & Blonde," and continued to create "Four Christmases" and "Penelope" through her Type A shingle. Thesp acquired Peggy Lee's existence privileges and joined with Marc Platt on the biographical film that Nora Ephron will write for Fox 2000. She also setup the initial comedies "Who Asked Her?" together with Gary Promote at DreamWorks, "My Husband's Wife" with Ryan Seacrest's company at Universal and also the Courtney Search-directed indie "Rule #1" with Kaira Epstein at Emmett/Furla Films. Papandrea lately created Jonathan Levine's zombie pic "Warm Physiques" for financier Summit Entertainment. Pic, which stars Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer, is skedded for release February. 1, 2013. Papandrea's development slate includes Jennifer Smith's approaching novel "The Record Possibility of Love in the beginning Sight" and Emily Giffin's best-selling book "Love the main one You are With." Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com