Reese Witherspoon To Produce And Possibly Star In 'The Engagments'

It looks like Reese Witherpsoon will produce the new film "The Engagements."

According to Deadline.com, the actress is in final negotiations with Fox to be producer with her company Pacific Standard, which she owns along with Bruna Papandrea.

The film will be based on J. Courtney Sullivan's upcoming novel.

According to the book synopsis, the film tells the story "of Evelyn, who has been married to her husband for forty year since he slipped off her first wedding ring and put his own in its place. Delphine has seen both sides of love-the ecstatic, glorious highs of seduction, and the bitter, spiteful fury that descends when it's over. James, a paramedic who works the night shift, knows his wife's family thinks she could have done better; while Kate, partnered with Dan for a decade, has seen every kind of wedding-beach weddings, backyard weddings, castle weddings-and has vowed never, ever, to have one of her own. As these lives and marriages unfold in surprising ways, we meet Frances Gerety, a young advertising copywriter in 1947. Frances is working on the De Beers campaign and she needs a signature line, so, one night before bed, she scribbles a phrase on a scrap of paper: 'A Diamond Is Forever.' And that line changes everything."

Witherspoon is also rumored to star in the film but she has not confirmed anything yet. She is currently producing "Gone Girl" which will most likely be directed by David Fincher. Additionally, she is currently promoting her new film "Mud," and has completed work on "Devil's Knot" with Colin Firth and Dane Dehaan.

"The Engagments" is currently in pre-production and the book will published by Knopf in June.