Scott Rudin will produce and Emile Hirsch ("The Girl Next Door", "Lords of Dogtown") will star in John Wells Prods. and Killer Films' adaptation of "Goat," Brad Land's memoir of fraternity hazing. David Gordon Green is set to helm and is aiming for a fall start date. Initially published by Random House and excerpted in GQ magazine, "Goat" chronicles Land's experience as a psychologically shattered 19-year-old struggling to bounce back from a brutal attack..." (full details)
Alexis Bledel, Jay Baruchel and DJ Qualls have been reeled in for "I Am Reed Fish," an independent romantic comedy being directed by Zackary Adler. Peter Alwazzan is producing, and Akiva Goldsman is exec producing. Set in a rural town, the story revolves around Fish (Baruchel), who runs a popular local radio station and is in love with Bledel's character. Qualls is a convenience store owner who also has a thing for Bledel. Filming starts later this month in Big Bear, Calif..." (full details)
Donald Faison is starring in "Homie Spumoni," an indie comedy co-written and directed by Mike Cerrone (who wrote "Me, Myself & Irene"). Jamie-Lynn DiScala, Joey Fatone and Whoopi Goldberg also are on board. The story centers on Renato, a black man (Faison) raised as an Italian-American goombah and unaware that he is black. When his birth parents show up, he spurns his Italian family as well as his Jewish American Princess girlfriend and goes to his birth family's home. There, he realizes he must learn to be comfortable in his own skin..." (full details)
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