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Reese Witherspoon Talks Possible Sweet Home Alabama SEQUEL
The cleanable campaigner for an Election sequel?
Reese Witherspoon, of course. Twenty-three years aft playing Tracy Flick successful the archetypal movie, the histrion is reprising her relation successful the caller Paramount+ movie Tracy Flick Can't Win, Paramount Pictures announced Dec. 8.
The movie is based connected Tom Perrotta's publication by the aforesaid name, which finds Tracy backmost successful precocious schoolhouse arsenic an adjunct principal. And after the longtime main announces his retirement, Tracy sets her sights connected getting the job.
"Energized by the imaginable of her long-overdue promotion, Tracy throws herself into her enactment with renewed zeal, determined to beryllium her worthy to the students, faculty, and School Board, portion besides managing her idiosyncratic life—a ten-year-old daughter, a needy doc boyfriend, and a burgeoning meditation practice," the book's statement connected Simon & Schuster's website reads. "But thing ever comes easy to Tracy Flick, nary substance however diligent oregon qualified she happens to be."
In the 1999 film Election, which is based connected Perrotta's 1998 publication of the aforesaid title, Tracy runs for president of her precocious school's pupil body. However, she's not the lone 1 connected the ballot. Her teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) tries to ruin her political aspirations by convincing jock Paul (Chris Klein) to beryllium her opponent. Paul's sister Tammy (Jessica Campbell) past decides to tally arsenic well.
And Witherspoon, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance, knew she wanted to beryllium a portion of the movie close from the get-go.
"I conscionable retrieve the audition, and I said, 'I don't cognize who you're reasoning astir for this part, but it's me,'" she told HuffPost successful 2014. "I deliberation I had a small spot of Tracy Flick going connected successful the audition, but helium ended up casting me."
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While galore wondered if Tracy would inactive beryllium progressive successful authorities today, it looks similar her beingness has taken her successful a caller direction.
"Over the years, radical person wondered retired loud, 'What would Tracy Flick beryllium doing?'" Perrotta told Esquire successful June. "Some would say, 'She's going to beryllium moving for president,' or, 'She's conquering the satellite successful immoderate different way.' But that ne'er felt rather close to me. It was truthful hard for her conscionable to beryllium elected the president of her precocious school, truthful I couldn't ideate however she's going to conquer the world. Then I realized, ‘She's inactive successful that precocious school, and she's inactive warring for each inch of ground.'"
In summation to starring successful Tracy Flick Can't Win, Witherspoon is producing the movie on with Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine—the media marque the Oscar victor founded successful 2016 and sold past year—as good arsenic Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa of Bona Fide Productions. Paramount Pictures besides noted that Perrotta volition service arsenic enforcement shaper and that Alexander Payne—who directed and co-wrote the screenplay for Election—will nonstop and constitute the caller movie adaptation with Jim Taylor.
Witherspoon hinted successful a July interrogation with USA Today that she was "reprising a quality I played a agelong clip ago." Perhaps fans shouldn't beryllium excessively amazed it's Tracy considering her fondness for the movie.
"This movie holds a peculiar spot successful my heart," Witherspoon tweeted connected Election's 20th day successful 2019. "If #TracyFlick taught america anything, it's to beryllium a go-getter...and ever transportation cupcakes!"
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