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Reese Witherspoon cast as Tinker Bell in live-action Disney film

By Germaine Benson
Reese Witherspoon arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrating the opening of China: Through the Looking Glass in New York City on May 4, 2015. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
1 of 5 | Reese Witherspoon arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrating the opening of China: Through the Looking Glass in New York City on May 4, 2015. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, May 22 (UPI) -- Reese Witherspoon is bringing her fairy dust to the big screen.

The Hot Pursuit actress has been casted to play Tinker Bell in Disney's live-action film Tink and will also produce the Peter Pan spin-off, in-partner with Bruna Papandrea.

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will follow in the footsteps of Disney's Maleficent, which was considered "the story you don't know" and follows a different storyline.

Victoria Strouse, who is responsible for Finding Nemo's upcoming sequel Finding Dory, will be writing the script for the movie.

Tinker Bell first started off as a minor character in the original 1953 animated classic, but has since grown her wings to being a staple in the Peter Pan tale and even as the prominent center of the Disney Fairies franchise.

Other details about the film are being kept secret but THR reveals that unlike Maleficent and other recent live-action movies, it will be "developed to be made in a more modest, midrange budget."

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