"Dax Shepard, Efren Ramirez and Harland Williams have joined the cast of the Dane Cook-Jessica Simpson starrer "Employee of the Month" for Lionsgate Films. Greg Coolidge will make his feature directorial debut on the film, which centers on best friends (Cook and Shepard) who work in a Costco-like store and meet a hot new cashier (Simpson) who prefers ambitious men. The men begin an all-out war to become the store's next employee of the month in order to impress her. Ramirez and Williams will play store employees. Chris Conroy and Don Calame wrote the screenplay, while Coolidge penned a rewrite..." (full details)
"Mark Webber and Catalina Sandino Moreno have signed on to star in the indie "The Hottest State." Michelle Williams, Josh Zuckerman, Ethan Hawke, Sonia Braga and Laura Linney round out the cast. Hawke is helming from a screenplay he adapted from his novel, published by Little, Brown in 1996. The story centers on a 21-year-old actor named William (Webber), who moves from Texas to New York and suffers through a wrenching heartbreak after a short-lived romance with a singer-songwriter named Sarah (Moreno)..." (full details)
"Renegade Animation has partnered with writer-director Robert Zappia to produce a flash animated holiday-themed feature film, "Who Stole Santa's Sack?" "Santa's Sack" voice talent includes Kathy Bates, Ed Asner, Shirley Jones, Andy Griffith, Norm MacDonald, Brad Garrett, Colin Ford and Daniel Roebuck. Jay Leno will narrate. Madison Davenport will give voice to Sophiana, the story's central character. Zappia will direct from his original script based on a childhood story told by his father..." (full details)
