Robert De Niro and Reese Witherspoon have decided to team up, as they are in talks to join The Intern, according to Deadline. Last year the project had Tina Fey attached, but she’s since moved on.
The movie is about the owner (Reese Witherspoon) of a fashion website, who starts a community outreach program seeking “senior” interns. She’s thinks that high school and college seniors will apply, however she gets a surprised when she discovers that her intern is a 70-year-old man (Robert De Niro) who proves to be surprising asset to her company.
Nancy Meyers is directing from her own screenplay. It isn’t clear when it might shoot.