Apple Lands New Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston TV Show<br />The tech giant has secured one of the most sought-after new projects in television, landing the rights to a new drama centered on a morning TV show<br />and starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, the company announced on Wednesday.<br />Apple, which has a $1 billion war chest to compete for TV projects, had already acquired<br />the rights to revive Steven Spielberg’s 1980s anthology series, “Amazing Stories.”<br />But the Witherspoon-Aniston project is by far the splashier move.<br />The show will be executive produced by Ms. Aniston and her Echo Films production company, along with Ms. Witherspoon and her Hello Sunshine company.<br />Ms. Witherspoon is coming off a major success with the HBO limited series “Big Little Lies,” for which she was a star and an executive producer.<br />Few details are known about the series other than its big stars<br />and its concept, which is built around a morning TV show in the style of “Today” and “Good Morning America.” The show does not have a title, and no scripts have yet been handed in.<br />And the project will mark the big return to television of Ms. Aniston, the former “Friends” star.
