Reese Witherspoon Will Play Tinker Bell in Disney's Live-Action Fairytale

Racked is no longer publishing. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years. The archives will remain available here; for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.

It's the role Reese Witherspoon has been waiting to play, and the role we've been waiting for her to play. In an obvious casting move, Disney has called upon Reese Witherspoon to play Tinker Bell for its live-action film about the wand-waving fairy, Tink. Most of the details are still under wraps, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, the tale will be framed as "the story you don't know," about Peter Pan's energetic friend.