Two months after Catherine Hardwicke came aboard as director, Stargirl now has its first principal cast members. Rising stars Joey King and Charlie Plummer have both joined the project{
Kristin Hahn (a producer on Cake and The Switch) wrote the screenplay, which follows a home-schooled teenage girl who has to enrol in an Arizona high school, and has a big impact on the facility’s culture with her non-conformist ways.
King, who's had roles in Crazy Stupid Love, The Dark Knight Rises and the Fargo TV series is our girl (the Stargirl of the title). Plummer, who arrives via Boardwalk Empire, Granite Falls and a near miss in the casting of the new Spider-Man, is the star-struck boy who loves her and narrates the story.
It seems like a good fit for Hardwicke, who helped kick off the massive Twilight film franchise and has shown a sensitivity about offbeat teenage stories with the likes of Thirteen. She most recently made the Drew Barrymore/Toni Collette drama Miss You Already, which will be out in the UK on September 25.