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  • Zac Efron To Star Alongside Zoey Deutch And Robert De Niro In “Dirty Grandpa”

    Zoey Deutch, of Vampire Academy fame, will be joining Zac Efron and Robert De Niro in the comedy film Dirty Grandpa. The film will be released by Lionsgate with Dan Mazer directing. The screenplay was written by John Phillips and is centered on an uptight man named Jason, played by Efron, who drives to Florida for spring break before his wedding. De Niro will be playing Jason’s father, a foul-mouthed former Army general who joins his son for the road trip. Deutch will be playing Efron’s love interest, an “earthly environmental advocate” named Shadia.

    Deutch is slowly but surely making a name for herself in Hollywood, starring in several high profile films including the upcoming baseball film from Richard Linklater called That’s What I’m Talking About. Recently, she also joined Emile Hirsch and Zoe Kravitz in the crime drama Vincent-N-Roxxy. Last year, she starred in the film Beautiful Creatures as Emily Asher and she also appeared in the TV show Switched at Birth.

    Zac Efron, who started his career in Disney’s High School Musical, has proven himself to be a capable actor on the big screen as well. He was recently seen in the comedy films Neighbors and That Awkward Moment, but he has also been involved in several high profile drama films in the past. In 2013, he appeared in the ensemble drama Parkland, which focused on the events that occurred on the day of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. He also received rave reviews for his performance in The Paperboy back in 2012.

    Efron’s next project is the film We Are Your Friends, about a DJ struggling to make his first hit. The film is written and directed by Max Joseph, who made the critically acclaimed documentary 12 Years of DFA: Too Old to Be New, Too New to Be Classic about the iconic New York record label DFA records.

  • Ashley Judd, Demian Bichir Set to Star in Coming-of-Age Comedy ‘Good Kids’

    Ashley Judd and Demian Bichir are set to star in Nicolas Chartier’s coming-of-age comedy, Good Kids.

    Filming began Sunday in Massachusetts on the film that also stars Nicholas Braun, Zoey Deutch, Israel Broussard and Mateo Arias.

    The Divergent actress will play a beautiful Cape Cod tennis wife alongside Oscar-nominated A Better Life star Bichir, who will play the senior tennis coach at the club where she plays.

    The plot follows four “good kids,” who live on Cape Cod. Once the wholesome group graduates, they realize they’ve missed out on the fun less-studious high school kids enjoy. They decide to reinvent themselves and hang out with the wild summer kids, who debark on the island for the summer.

    Other cast members joining Judd and Bichir include Terminator: Genisys actor Dayo Okeniyi, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower actress Julia Garner, and Ginny Gardner from Paramount’s upcoming film, Project Almanac.

    The film is being directed by Chris McCoy, who wrote the 2011 Black List script, and is being produced by Depth of Field’s Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz and Andrew Miano, alongside Voltage’s Dominic Rustam. Executive producer is Justin Bursch; WME Global is representing domestic rights for the film; and Voltage Pictures is handling international sales.