Reese Witherspoon set for astronaut drama Pale Blue Dot
According to Variety, Reese Witherspoon looks set to star in Pale Blue Dot, an astronaut drama just picked up by Fox Searchlight.
The narrative follows a married astronaut who returns to Earth after a mission and begins an affair with a fellow astronaut. The tone has been described as having shades of Foxcatcher and The Right Stuff, the 1983 drama about the original Mercury 7 astronauts.
It is said to be inspired by a true-life astronaut love triangle in which a female mission specialist tried to kidnap a rival in 2007. And with Witherspoon on board as both actress and producer, she could well be looking at another Oscar nomination.