Reese Witherspoon (File Photo)

    BEIJING, June 1(Xinhuanet) -- Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon will star in a remake of the 1939 romantic comedy "Midnight," media reported Friday.

    Oscar-winning scriptwriter Michael Arndt, who won an Academy Award this year for his script of "Little Miss Sunshine," also has signed on to the project.

    Arndt revealed that "Midnight" has "long been one of my favorite films, and it is easily one of the best comedies of the '30s. Being given the chance to update the film with Reese in the lead is simply a dream come true."

    In the original film, Claudette Colbert played a poor young woman in Paris who becomes a pawn when a wealthy man tries to get rid of the gigolo wooing his wife. The film was directed by Mitchell Leisen and written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder and also co-starred Don Ameche, Mary Astor and John Barrymore.

    Future projects which will see Reese Witherspoon on the big screen include "Our Family Trouble," a supporting role in "Penelope," and she will also be seen in "Rendition" later in 2007.

    Witherspoon rose to fame for her turn in the "Legally Blonde" series of Hollywood comedy films.

    (Agencies)