Dylan McDermott has boarded two projects: Nobody Walks written by Lena Dunham and Ry Russo-Young, and Summit's The Perks of Being a Wallflower starring Emma Watson.

Ry Russo-Young will also direct the pic Nobody Walks, which follows a Los Angeles family that takes in a stranger who winds up disrupting their lives. John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby and Jane Levy currently star.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower will be directed and penned by Stephen Chbosky, who also wrote the novel. It revolves around a boy whose life dramatically changes as he learns about secrets buried deep in his past during his freshman year of high school. Dylan McDermott will play his father.

No production dates have been set.