Los Angeles, Jan 14 (PTI) Actor Natalie Portman is innegotiations to step in for Reese Witherspoon in the "PaleBlue Dot".
Witherspoon left the role last year due to schedulingconflicts.
She is, however, still on board the project as a produceralong with Bruna Papandrea, according to The HollywoodReporter.
The movie will be directed Noah Hawley from a script byBrian C Brown and Elliott DiGuiseppi.
The film is about a married astronaut who returns toEarth after a mission and begins an affair with a fellowastronaut.
"Pale Blue Dot" will explore the theory that astronautswho spend long periods of time in space begin to lose theirsense of reality when they return home. PTI RB RDSRDS.
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