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Riki Lindhome has joined Paramount's comedy Fun Size, directed by Josh Schwartz and starring Victoria Justice.

Maximilian Werner wrote the script for the comedy, which revolves around a teen who is forced to take her brother out trick-or-treating, loses him and must find him before their mother finds out. Riki Lindhome will play a graphic comic book character.

No production date has been set.

Fun Size comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Victoria Justice. The film is directed by Josh Schwartz.

Late-night host and comedienne Chelsea Handler is in talks to join Paramount's teen comedy Fun Size, starring Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice.

The comedy will be the directorial debut of TV creator Josh Schwartz.

In the film, Chelsea Handler will play the mother of a sarcastic teenage girl (Victoria Justice) who is forced to take her little brother trick-or-treating on Halloween, then loses him and must find him before their mother finds out.

The Colbert Report scribe Maximilian Werner wrote the script.

The project is shooting in and around Cleveland, Ohio.

Fun Size comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Victoria Justice. The film is directed by Josh Schwartz.

Shameless's Jane Levy is in talks to join Paramount's teen comedy Fun Size, directed by Josh Schwartz.

Jane Levy is negotiating to play the best friend of the movie's lead character played by Victoria Justice.

Scripted by The Colbert Report's Maximilian Werner, the Halloween-set tale follows a sarcastic teen, played by Victoria Justice, who takes her little brother-trick-or-treating only to lose him along the way.

No production date has been set.

Fun Size comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Victoria Justice. The film is directed by Josh Schwartz.

Victoria Justice has landed the lead role in the Paramount Pictures comedy Fun Size.

The story centers on Victoria Justice's character, a sarcastic teenager who is forced to take her little brother trick-or-treating. When she loses him, she must find her brother before anyone finds out he's missing. The role of the brother has not been cast yet. Chloe Moretz and Jane Levy were in contention for the role before Victoria Justice won the role.

Chuck creator Josh Schwartz will make his feature directorial debut with Fun Size, with Maximilian Werner writing the script.

Production will start sometime this spring in Minnesota.

Fun Size comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Victoria Justice. The film is directed by Josh Schwartz.

Paramount Pictures has issued a casting call for the upcoming comedy Fun Size from director Josh Schwartz (creator of Chuck and Gossip Girl). Maximilian Werner wrote the script, which follows a teenage girl who begrudgingly takes her younger brother out trick-or-treating on Halloween. When she accidentally loses him, she must find her little brother before anyone discovers he is missing.

Paramount is seeking actors to play two of the lead roles, Albert and Stuart. No acting experience is required, although they are looking for candidates with, "great energy and a wonderful sense of humor." Take a look at the character descriptions below.

"Albert: 8 years old, with chubby cheeks. Albert is undeniably a strange but intriguing little boy, combining childlike ways (like love of anything sugar) with unnerving adult habits (he's unbeatable on the videogame "Aggravated Assault," precocious, and is unflappable - even ingenious - in a crisis). He does not...

The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) tonight announced the winners of the 2011 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing at simultaneous ceremonies at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the Axa Equitable Center in New York City.

Screen Winners

Original Screenplay

Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros.

Black Swan, Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin; Story by Andres Heinz; Fox Searchlight

The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Paramount Pictures

The Kids Are All Right, Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg; Focus Features

Please Give, Written by Nicole Holofcener; Sony Pictures Classics

Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires...

Josh Schwartz, the creator of TV shows such as The O.C. and Chuck, will make his feature directing debut with Paramount's upcoming comedy Fun Size.

Maximilian Werner wrote the script, which centers on a snarky teenage girl who is forced to take her younger brother out trick-or-treating. When she loses him, she must go and find her brother before anyone finds out he's missing.

We reported back in May that Paramount acquired the script, which is described as a cross between Superbad and Adventures In Babysitting. Josh Schwartz had already been on board as a producer and now he will direct the comedy.

Although Fun Size isn't officially greenlit yet, Paramount is eyeing a spring production start, with filming to take place in St. Louis. Fun Size is being targeted for a Halloween 2011 release.

Fun Size comes to theaters in 2012.

Two topics, all-too-often inseparable — politics and horror — course through the veins of the new issue of Bright Lights Film Journal, featuring "a whopping 40 articles, profiles, and reviews," as editor Gary Morris notes in his lively-as-always overview. Gregory Stephen's piece on King Corn and Fast Food Nation is "a tour de force that riffs mightily on eco- and economic exploitation, racism, and a host of other timely themes.... Maximilian Werner manages an entirely new approach to films like The Ring, The Shining, The Exorcist et al. in his discussion of the evolutionary basis of fear. Mark Chapman disinters the postmodern vampire through a persuasive discussion of Claire Denis's Trouble Every Day. He also sketches that depressingly prescient Michael Powell classic Peeping Tom. Jon Lanthier clarifies much about Scorsese's overrated Shutter Island through an inspired conceit: phrenology."

There are also fresh takes on classics, obscure (Cullen Gallagher on Preston Sturges's The French,...

Cologne, Germany -- History repeated itself in several ways at this year's German TV Awards, held Saturday night in Cologne. Public broadcasters ZDF and ARD once again swept the honors, taking 16 of 21 trophies, and all the main winners were historic dramas looking at Germany's recent past.

ZDF's "Die Wolfe" (The Wolves), a docu-drama set in the 1940s, won three TV awards, helping the channel to a final tally of 10, far ahead of all competitors.

But it was ARD's "Mogadischu," a "Flight 93"-style drama tracking the infamous 1977 terrorist hijacking of a Lufthansa flight, that scooped the evening's top prize as best TV movie. Produced by Berlin-based teamWorx, the movie stars Thomas Kretschmann, Nadja Uhl and Said Taghmaoui.

For a change, the top winner was also a ratings hit. Roland Suso Richter's drama scored a 21% share in its first airing last November, with 7.3 million Germans tuning in.

Along with ARD and ZDF,...