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Reese Witherspoon and Mediawan partner to buy Hello Sunshine from Candle Media
Witherspoon and Mediawan announce a partnership to acquire the film and TV company from Candle Media. The reviewed reports do not disclose a transaction price.
By NewsCubby Editorial Desk · Published
Reese Witherspoon is investing alongside Mediawan to acquire Hello Sunshine from Candle Media, according to October 13 reports by Melanie Goodfellow of Deadline, with contributions from Dade Hayes, and Jack Dunn of Variety.
The announcement brings the company’s founder into a new ownership partnership with the Paris-based production group. The reports say Hello Sunshine co-founder Seth Rodsky will join the board alongside Witherspoon and Mediawan representatives.
Witherspoon described the partnership as a return to a creator-focused home for the company. Mediawan chief executive Pierre-Antoine Capton said the group intends to connect production companies with more talent and resources while preserving their creative identities. Those are the participants’ stated aims, rather than a guarantee of future results.
Hello Sunshine’s work includes Big Little Lies, The Morning Show and Where the Crawdads Sing. Deadline reports that Reese’s Book Club will remain part of its story-discovery and development strategy.
Neither report reviewed supplies a price for this transaction. The coverage describes the announced acquisition partnership; NewsCubby has not independently established a completed legal closing or detailed ownership percentages.
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Reese Witherspoon at the Nashville Film Festival on September 26, 2026. Photo: CaseyJNewell, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. The social card crops the portrait and adds an AI-assisted NewsCubby graphic layout; the adaptation is shared under the same license. The file photograph does not depict the acquisition announcement.