
Because the buzz on her work in the
Pulse remake is
so damn good, the
Weinstein Company is in final negotiations with
Kristen Bell to join
the cast of
Fanboys, in which she'll play a
Star Wars maniac. Also in talks to become fanboys are a fleet of
other TV "stars," including the incredibly annoying (but undeniably dorky)
Jay
Baruchel,
Chris Marquette (
Joan of Arcadia's Adam Rove), and
Sam Huntington, who will soon be known to the world as Jimmy Olsen.
Already cast in the film is some guy named
Dan Fogler, who grabbed
the highly-coveted role of "a hot-headed pizza boy."
Despite a largely unproven cast and an
inexperienced director (
Kyle Newman), the movie's plot is rather
charming, albeit in a really geeky way: set in 1999, it's about a group of
Star Wars worshipers who decided to
honor their dying friend's last wish and take him to
George Lucas'
Skywalker Ranch, where they hope to see the not-yet-released
The
Phantom Menace in what they consider "its most optimal setting." Sort of cute, right?
The
movie starts filming next month in New Mexico.