Lisa Kudrow and Cam Gigandent are joining Amanda Bynes and Emma Stone in "Easy A." HitFix Staff <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The term "event comedy" is catching on.&nbsp; 20th Century Fox is currently shooting "Date Night" which stars Steve Carell and Tina Fey, but also features a laundry list of famous faces including Mila Kunis, Leighton Meester, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Common, Kristen Wiig, and Mark Ruffalo.&nbsp; Now, according to <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004501.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1" target="_blank">Variety</a>, Screen Gems is getting into the act with their new own event comedy: "Easy A."<br /><br />Inspired by the classic novel "The Scarlet Letter," the new movie finds Emma Stone and Amanda Bynes living out a similar story in a modern setting. Stone will play a demonized high school student who spins a false rumor against her by pitting her and classmates against each other.<br /><br />"Fired Up" director Will Gluck is giving the ladies some help by recruiting <a href="../../events/2009-3-11-twilight-ultimate-collector-s-edition-blu-ray" target="_self">"Twilight's" </a>Cam Gigandent, Lisa Kudrow, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, "Gossip Girl's" Penn Badgley, Malcom McDowell and Daniel Byrd from the upcoming ABC series "Cougar Town."<br /><br />Gigandent may have run his course in the <a href="../../events/2009-3-11-twilight-ultimate-collector-s-edition-blu-ray" target="_self">"Twilight"</a> franchise, but he's becoming a Screen Gems staple.&nbsp; The 27-year-old actor is also starring in the studio's thriller "The Roommate" with Messter.<br /><br />"Easy A" will begin shooting next week.</p> movies 2009-06-04T08:15:08Z 523 Patricia Clarkson, Penn Badgley also join Emma Stone comedy 2038-01-01T00:00:00Z false 1071 false false false false false false false false false false 2009-6-4-lisa-kudrow-and-twilight-s-cam-gigandent-join-easy-a 2009-06-04T04:07:00Z 'Twilight's' Cam Gigandent and Lisa Kudrow join 'Easy A' published Eastern Time (US & Canada) http://tinyurl.com/mdadcd Lisa Kudrow and 'Twilight's' Cam Gigandent join 'Easy A' 2009-09-01T03:46:38Z false 5 12