Kristen Bell Movie Updates

Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell, Raquel Welch and Rob Riggle have joined Eugenio Derbez in the comedy How to Be a Latin Lover.

The project was originally called Bad Moms and would have starred Leslie Mann.

Focus World and Screen Media Films have teamed to buy U.S. rights to Liz W. Garcia’s drama The Lifeguard, two months after its debut at the Sundance Film Festival.

The cult comedy, which ran from 2004-07, is looking to revive in movie form through grassroots support. In just a few hours, the project raised over $1 million.

Kristen Bell has been cast in Some Girls, director Jennifer Getzinger’s adaptation of Neil LaBute’s play. Adam Brody (Damsels in Distress) co-stars as a man who attempts to make amends with several ex-girlfriends on the eve of his wedding.

Lily Collins, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff, Liana Liberato and Kristen Bell have joined the cast of Writers, a feature film starring Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly, which marks the feature directing debut of Josh Boone, who also wrote the project’s original screenplay.

Lynn Shelton, Jeff Garlin, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere and Mary Lynn Rajskub have joined the cast of Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly’s Safety Not Guaranteed. Big Beach Films (Little Miss Sunshine) has come aboard to produce with Duplass Brothers Prods.

Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell have joined the cast of Scream 4, which has already started shooting in Michigan and is slated for release next April. The USA Today broke the news yesterday and Dimension Films confirms that the True Blood star and Veronica Mars will join.

Kristen Bell is putting on her ballet slippers for "Dance of the Mirlitons," giving the indie black comedy a second shot at the big screen.

Tim Blake Nelson has joined John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore in "Everybody Loves Whales," a Working Title project for Universal.

Kristen Bell is in negotiations to join Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski in "Everybody Loves Whales," a Working Title project for Universal.