Kristen Bell (VERONICA MARS), Jay Baruchel (MILLION DOLLAR BABY), Chris Marquette (JUST FRIENDS) and Sam Huntington (SUPERMAN RETURNS) are in final talks to join the cast of FANBOYS, which follows a group of STAR WARS geeks, who attempt their dying friends wish of screening the yet-unreleased STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Dan Fogler (forthcoming SCHOOL OF SCOUNDRELS) has already been cast as a hot-headed pizza boy.
The film, based on a script by Adam F. Goldberg and Ernest Cline, is being produced by Kevin Spacey's Trigger Street for the Weinstein Co. Kyle Newman will make his directorial debut on the film. Spacey will produce the film with his Trigger Street partner Dana Brunetti and vp production Evan Astrowsky. Coalition's Matthew Perniciaro is also producing, while the company's Kevin Mann serves as exec producer.
Filming is set to start Feb. 22, 2006, in New Mexico.
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