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10 July 2012 9:04 AM, PDT | kidspickflicks | See recent kidspickflicks news »

Amanda "Aj" Michalka (Super 8, Secretariat) will star in Jesus in Cowboy Boots alongside Twilight dad Billy Burke and Alicia Silverstone ("Suburgatory," Clueless). It's about a girl who deals with her frustrations living in a small town on the Oklahoma-Texas border and her self-absorbed mother (Silverstone) by creating an imaginary friend, The Cowboy (Burke), who helps her realize her potential. Costars include Chandler Massey (Will Horton on "Days of Our Lives"), Adam Cagley ("The Hard Times of Rj Berger," "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide") and Amelia Rose Blaire ("90210"). Commercials director William Carey is directing from his own script.

Michalka is part of the music duo Aly & Aj with her sister Aly Michalka.

Source: Variety »

- tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)

8 June 2012 6:47 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Australian actor Alex Russell has a penchant for exploring the darker sides of the teenage psyche. He made his film debut as a loathsome bully in Ben C. Lucas’ “Wasted on the Young,” before landing a lead role in Josh Trank’s surprise hit, “Chronicle,” about three teens who suddenly acquire superpowers and are excited by the dangerous magnitude of their mysterious abilities.

The dynamic between high school buddies Matt (Russell), Andrew (Dane DeHaan) and Steve (Michael B. Jordan) feels wholly authentic, and Trank finds ingenious ways of fusing in-camera effects with the naturalistic visual style inherent in the found footage genre. Chicagoans who missed the film during its initial theatrical run this year will be able to catch it at midnight June 8th and June 9th at the Music Box Theatre.

Russell’s second film, “Almost Kings,” will be released June 12th courtesy of Breaking Glass Pictures, and »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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