Variety reports that Adrien Brody and Michael Chiklis have joined the cast of indie comedy High School for Parallel Zide.
The film will tell the story of a high school valedictorian who gets high with the school stoner and faces a drug test. He then decides to get the whole school stoned so he can beat the test by making everyone fail.
Brody will make his appearance as a drug dealer, with Chiklis playing the school principal. Shooting begins November 8 in Detroit.
Word has gotten around that Hilary Duff is set to play a “sexy, high school senior” in Stay Cool, an upcoming film from the Polish brothers, who are best known for Northfork and Twin Falls Idaho. Duff will take on the role of Shasta O’Neil, a teenager who flirts with a successful author visiting her school to deliver a speech to graduating students.
The writer in question will be acted by co-writer Mark Polish, with Winona Ryder starring as the unrequited high school crush he is forced to face up during the trip. Jon Cryer and Chevy Chase round out the cast.
This is an interesting feature film: Â ”Graduation” opens on May 2Â at the following theaters:
Austin / Dobie
Minneapolis / Lagoon
San Francisco / Opera Plaza
Berkeley / Shattuck
Seattle / Varsity
The story takes a journey to discover what happens when a friend is in need of financial assistance, the logical next step is to plan a bank robbery. At least that was the conclusion of four high school friends about to embark on the next stage of their lives. The question is will they pull off this heist in time to toss their caps at graduation or have they gotten themselves way in over their heads?
“Graduation” is directed by Michael Mayer and starring Shannon Lucio (”The O.C.”), Riley Smith (”Drive”), Chris Marquette (”Joan of Arcadia”) and Chris Lowell (”Private Practice”) with Adam Arkin and Huey Lewis.