"American Beauty" writer and "Six Feet Under" creator Alan Ball has set the cast and financing for his long-awaited feature directing debut loosely based on the Alicia Erian novel "Towelhead" reports Variety.
The film tells the story of Jasira, who struggles with identity and sexual issues as the daughter of a Lebanese-American father and an American mother in Texas during the Gulf War.
Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette and Maria Bello are signed to star. Newcomer Summer Bishil has been cast to play the young girl and "Six Feet Under" regular Peter Macdissi will play a father trying to instill traditional Middle Eastern values in his daughter.
Shooting begins mid-September in L.A.
