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Abigail Breslin has signed on to star in the indie comedy A Virgin Mary, described as a coming-of-age story in the vein of Sixteen Candles.  Variety provides the logline: "Breslin will star as a teen who vows to have sex with her best male friend (Carter Jenkins) if they're still virgins by the time they turn 18."  The report doesn't specify the age of the sexually inclined character, but Breslin is just 15 years old now.  Jenkins is 20.  I like the premise, and it's believable within the realm of teen behavior, but the Hollywood aging process messes with my mind a bit.  Breslin's last casting notice was The Class Project, in which she plots to kill her alcoholic mother, proving the young actress really is growing up in front of my vaguely creepy gaze. Keke Palmer and Daryl Sabara also star in A Virgin Mary, written and directed by  Beth Schacter (Normal Adolescent Behavior...

Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") is set to headline "Normal Adolescent Behavior" filmmaker Beth Schacter's indie coming-of-age comedy "A Virgin Mary" reports Variety.

The "Sixteen Candles"-esque project has Breslin playing a teen who vows to have sex with her best male friend (Carter Jenkins) if they're still virgins by the time they turn 18.

Keke Palmer and Daryl Sabara co-star. Jordana Mollick and Brendan Bragg will produce with shooting to begin early next year. Breslin recently signed on to the adult-themed true crime pic "The Class Project."...

Abigail Breslin continues to make the move toward more adult roles. Variety reports that she is set to lead Beth Schacter's indie comedy A Virgin Mary. Earlier we reported that Breslin was to lead the adult-themed true crime pic The Class Project. Mary was written by Schacter (Normal Adolescent Behavior), and it's described as "a coming-of-age story in the tradition of Sixteen Candles."

Breslin (15) will star "as a teen who vows to have sex with her best male friend if they're still virgins by the time they turn 18." Carter Jenkins (Valentine's Day) will star opposite Breslin, while Keke Palmer (Akeelah and the Bee) will play her best friend. Daryl Sabara will also star in the film. The project is being produced by Black Sheep Entertainment partners Jordana Mollick and Brendan Bragg along with Steakhaus Prods. Cotty Chubb (Appaloosa) is serving as exec producer on the film that is slated...

Abigail Breslin has signed on to star in Beth Schacter's indie comedy A Virgin Mary , reports Variety . Schacter ( Normal Adolescent Behavior ) wrote the film. Breslin ( Little Miss Sunshine , Rango ) will play a teenager who vows to have sex with her best male friend if they're still virgins by the time they turn 18. Carter Jenkins ( Valentine's Day ) will star opposite Breslin, while Keke Palmer ( Akeelah and the Bee ) will play her best friend and Daryl Sabara ("Spy Kids" films) also has a role. Filming is scheduled to start early next year. (Photo Credit: L. Gallo/WENN.com)...

Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) has signed on to star in A Virgin Mary.

Hudgens will star as a “slutty best friend” opposite Lily Collins (The Blind Side), Carter Jenkins (Valentine’s Day) and Daryl Sabara (Spy Kids).

A Virgin Mary tells the story of Mary (Collins), a teenage girl who makes a vow to have sex with her best guy friend (Jenkins) if they’re still virgins when they turn 18.

Beth Schacter (Normal Adolescent Behavior) is attached to direct from a script she wrote herself, with production expected to commence in the Summer.

Hudgens, meanwhile, will next be seen in Sucker Punch, which opens in the UK on April 1.

Source: Hollywood Life...

Amber Tamblyn may only be on House for a short stint this season, but she doesn't feel like she was chosen to replace Olivia Wilde.

"Replacing is such an ugly word," Tamblyn said at the Fox party this week. "She's coming back. I'm excited to work with her, actually. It's been fun to sort of be the only female in an all-male room."

Amber said she doesn't get much chance to work with co-star Lisa Edelstein, but when the two run into each other during our interview, they squeal in delight.

"We were just talking about you," Amber said to Lisa. "I said 'Lisa's ass, it's phenomenal!"

All joking aside, Amber is a seriously talented actress and writer. She's appeared in several films, including the Golden Globe-nominated 127 Hours, in theaters now. The film has a somewhat graphic scene involving a severed arm, which has caused some theaters to put up warning signs.

Black Sheep Entertainment has teamed with Firefly: Theater & Films to produce "Unscreened," a series of four short plays written by some of Hollywood's hottest female writing talent, including Emily Halpern ("Private Practice"), Leslye Headland ("Terriers"), Beth Schacter ("Normal Adolescent Behavior") and Susanna Fogel & Joni Lefkowitz ("Washingtonienne"). The cast features "Cloverfield" star Michael Stahl-David, Adrianne Palicki (TV's "Friday Night Lights"), Shannon Woodward ("Raising Hope"), Zosia Mamet ("Mad Men") Sarah Agor, Will Greenberg, Julia Garro, Scott Kradolfer, Jesse Williams and Firefly principal Steven Klein. Halpern, Schacter and Fogel are directing the plays,...

Los Angeles (August 18, 2010) . Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the 12 screenwriters and film projects selected for its 11th annual Screenwriters Lab, sponsored by the Writers Guild of America, West. Taking place in Los Angeles from August 12 until September 16, the Screenwriters Lab is an intensive six-week program designed to help writers improve their craft, and take their current scripts to the next level in a nurturing, yet challenging creative environment. Screenwriter and producer Meg LeFauve resumes duties as this year.s Lab Instructor, and Lab Mentors and Guest Speakers include Nicole Holofcener (Please Give), Erin Cressida Wilson (Chloe), José Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries), Josh Olson (A History of Violence), and Kay Schaber-Wolf (WGAw).

.Our Labs have always attracted a high level of talent from different backgrounds and disciplines, and this year is no exception,. said Director of Talent Development Josh Welsh.

If you’re an aspiring screenwriter which, let’s face it, you may be, one way to break into the “business” is through a lab where you work with established mentors and advisers on honing your work and getting it in the hands of the right people. One of the most prestigious and famous of these labs is the one sponsored by Film Independent, a non-profit group dedicated to fostering and nurturing creativity that also produces the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Spirit Awards.

Today, they’ve announced a new group of writers who will participate in this year’s lab. Here’s all the info about the lucky 9 participants from the official press release.

Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the screenwriters and film projects selected for its 10th annual Screenwriters Lab, sponsored by the Writers Guild of America,...

We have an array of clips from "The Secret Life of Bees" from Fox Searchlight Pictures. Starring an incredible cast consisting of Dakota Fanning, Hilarie Burton, Paul Bettany, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys. Jennifer Hudson and Sophie Okonedo. Gina Prince-Bythewood directs and adapts based on the New York Times best-selling novel penned by Sue Monk Kidd. The story follows Lily Owens (played by Dakota Fanning), a fourteen-year-old haunted with the memory of her passed mother (Hilarie Burton of "One Tree Hill," "Normal Adolescent Behavior"). In order to escape her life of loneliness and father (Paul Bettany), she takes off with her caregiver Rosaleen (Academy Award® winner Jennifer Hudson) to a town in South Carolina which holds secrets to her mother's past. She's warmly taken in by the Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys) and finds harmony in their incredible world of beekeeping.