Reese Witherspoon [Photo: agencies]

Lionsgate Films has acquired the movie rights to the novel "Luckiest Girl Alive."

The movie is going to feature Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea.

Jessica Knoll's debut novel follows a 28-year-old New Yorker who appears to have a perfect life until a dark trauma from her past resurfaces.

No actress has been attached yet to "Luckiest Girl Alive."

Witherspoon and Papandrea were producers on "Gone Girl," "Wild" and the upcoming action-comedy "Hot Pursuit," which stars Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara.

Simon & Schuster will publish Luckiest Girl Alive on May 12th.