Reese Witherspoon's directing prowess will once again be tested when she directs ABC's divorce drama titled, "Please Don't Go."
The "Legally Blonde" actress, 39, and mother of three children, has had her own share of divorce drama and her experience will most likely be incorporated in the film, making it more realistic and genuine, so to speak.
The giant network, according to Hollywood Reporter, has picked up the script for "Please Don't Go," and has eyed Witherspoon to take the helm. Meaghan Oppenheimer, the writer of "Fear The Walking Dead," will pen the script.
The story revolves around "the personal and professional life of a ruthless divorce attorney in Dallas. Raised in the trailer parks of Texas, she has left behind a life of struggle amid squalor, working her way into a corner office and mansion in Dallas' most prestigious neighborhood. But beneath her facade of togetherness, she's plagued by self-destructive tendencies and long-hidden family secrets that begin to unravel her life," Hollywood Reporter notes.
"Please Don't Go," is the latest transcation for Pacific Standard. It is also readying a romantic comedy drama for Rob Long, also for ABC.
Divorce comedies is really on the trend at this stage as broadcasters and networks are looking for something that is not currently on air or lined up. ABC is working with romance novelist Nicholas Sparks ("The Notebook") Shonda Rhimes for two different divorce comedies.
Oppenheimer, according to Deadline, is repped by CAA, Management 360 and attorney Morris Yorn, is presently writing feature "Kelly Jackson" for Temple Hill and Fox 2000 . "We Are Your Friends" for Warner Bros. is also one of her writing credits.
In addition, Witherspoon and Papandrea's Pacific Standard also is exec producing "Tiny Beautiful Things," another drama project in development but at HBO, based on Cheryl Strayed's book.
Witherspoon is also set to star in "Big Little Lies," an HBO limited series.