Reese Witherspoon Has Big Eyes for Ryan Reynolds

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Reynolds have signed on to star in the indie drama Big Eyes.

Reynolds will play Walter Keane, a national celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s who pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply in hardware stores and gas stations across the country.

Although Walter claims to be the artist, he is not. It is actually his shy wife Margaret (Witherspoon) who generates the paintings from their basement, while Walter’s simply contributes by adding his signature to the bottom.

Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski will pen the script, as well as direct the film and Tim Burton will produce.

Posted: January 23rd, 2012 under Movies.
Tags: Big Eyes, Larry Karaszewski, Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Reynolds, Scott Alexander, Tim Burton