Gregg Araki to
direct Anna Faris

Anna Faris, who appeared in Lost in Translation and the Scary Movie franchise, is starring in Smiley Face, a stoner comedy being directed by Gregg Araki. Faris plays a young actress and hopeless slacker who, after she inadvertently ingests her roommate's pot-laced brownies, attempts to manage her day as it goes awry through a series of misadventures. Also cast are John Krasinski (The Office), John Cho (Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle), and out actress Jane Lynch (The 40-Year-Old Virgin). The First Look Studios project begins production this week. Araki will direct from a script by first-timer Dylan Haggerty.

Faris next appears in Super Ex-Girlfriend. She most recently appeared in Just Friends. Queer filmmaker Araki was last in theaters with the Independent Spirit Award-nominated Mysterious Skin. (Borys Kit, Reuters)