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Ryan Murphy, the creator of the award-winning Glee television series, is reportedly in talks to bring to the big screen a musical comedy intended as a vehicle for Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Beyoncé and Andy Samberg.
Internet Movie Data Base, quoting the Deadline New York website, reports that the film is tentatively titled One Hit Wonders and that Murphy seems likely to direct, produce and co-write the script with his Glee partners, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan.
The rumours are that the story will focus on the female leads as singers who individually chalked up a hit song in the 1990s, then faded into oblivion.
On the small screen, Paltrow joined the impressive roster of guest stars on Glee, playing a substitute teacher who fills in for glee club leader Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison).
The role had her singing the Adele hit Turning Tables and the Cee-Lo Green classic Forget You, among other songs.
She later reprised the high-profile role and earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
Other news involving Paltrow, who won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Shakespeare in Love, released in 1998, is that she will be appearing in three new movies in coming months, first up being Thanks for Sharing, due later in the year.
Co-starring Mark Ruffalo, Joely Richardson, Tim Robbins and pop star Pink, the film, directed by Stuart Blumberg, revolves around three people undergoing a 12-step treatment for sex addiction.
Also watch out this year for Paltrow as Pepper Potts in The Avengers, co-starring Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Robert Downey jr and Chris Hemsworth.
It’s about Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bringing together a team of super-humans to form The Avengers to help save Earth.
Paltrow will also be seen with Johansson and Downey in Iron Man 3, due on the big screen in 2013.
