Golden girl
Reese Witherspoon teams up with silly man
Ben Stiller and the two tackle a volcano in
Cameron Crowe's "hush-hush" romantic comedy.
Not everyone is so hot about this idea … David Oliver at Cinematic Happenings Under Development (CHUD) writes, “Now all Tom Hanks / Meg Ryan volcano flick jokes aside, this is about as out there as anything I've heard in a while, but I can certainly keep an open mind where Crowe is concerned” … but if done right, the theaters will be overflowing.
Keep in mind, Legally Blonde could have easily been a dud with the wrong casting but Witherspoon’s unabashed likeability and effortless charm brought the story to life. On the other hand, Stiller is consistently funny but sometimes his over-coifed characters become caricatures and can be distracting, think Dodgeball.
We think the pairing of Witherspoon and Stiller is a hot mix and besides, Crowe is there to make sure the performances don't bubble over.
CHUD has the inside scoop on the work-in-progress:
“The untitled adventure comedy has Stiller starring as disgraced weapons consultant Brian Gilcrest who has to journey to Hawaii to launch an advanced spy satellite in response to an unspecified impending threat from China, but apparently something different than their next batch of preschool gymnasts. “
“The Islanders, of course, are all for helping out, as long as their Hawaiian gods are down. This shouldn't be a problem for Gilcrest, as long as he can make good with one little quid pro quo the gods demand: tossing a sacrifice into the erupting volcano. What's even more diabolical is that, somewhere along the way, Gilcrest runs into former flame, Traci (Witherspoon) and her family and has to deal with the one that got away as he goes on a journey of self-discovery on the island. “
http://www.hollywood.com/news/Witherspoon__Volcano__Hot_Stuff/5329387
