Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix reunite for crime drama

Los Angeles: Actors Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix will reportedly team up again for a crime thriller, to be directed by Paul Thomas.

The popular duo was last seen together in the 2005 movie `Walk The Line`, for which Witherspoon even won a best actress Academy Award. They are now set for a big screen reunion in upcoming movie `Inherent Vice`, reports dailystar.co.uk. The film is based on Thomas Pynchon`s 2009 novel of the same name, with Phoenix playing a pot-smoking private detective named Doc Sportello, working a missing persons case in 1970s Los Angeles. Others who will feature in the movie are Martin Short, Owen Wilson and Benicio Del Toro. IANS