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"Private Benjamin is reenlisting! More than 30 years after the release of the original Private Benjamin movie starring Goldie Hawn, a reboot is in the works.\r\nNews broke this week that New Line was developing a modern take on the celebrated comedy and the upcoming film has already found its star. Pitch Perfect funnywoman Rebel Wilson will lead Private Benjamin.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nThe Hawn version is a beloved movie, which earned a spot on the American Film Institute&amp;apos;s 100 Funniest Movies list. Also featuring Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, and Robert Webber, Private Benjamin made $69.85 million at the box office on a reported $10 million budget and earned three Academy Award nominations.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nReleased in 1980, Private Benjamin told the story of Hawn&amp;apos;s character, Judy Benjamin, who enlists after her husband dies while they are having sex on their wedding night&amp;#x2014;leaving her floundering.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nAccording to Variety, Wilson, 28, will star in the re-up as a &amp;quot;redneck&amp;quot; Private Benjamin who joins the Marines in order to get out of a tough spot. Mark Gordon (Grey&amp;apos;s Anatomy) will produce the project, which is currently without a director.&amp;#xA0;\r\nIn addition to her reprisal of her Pitch Perfect character Fat Amy for the 2015 sequel, Wilson also lends her voice to Kung Fu Panda 3 with Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Dustin Hoffman, and appears in another sequel, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, with Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, and Owen Wilson.&amp;#xA0;\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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