Pretty Persuasion: According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Marcos Siega has started lensing the indie dark comedy Pretty Persuasion with a cast that includes Evan Rachel Wood, Ron Livingston, James Woods, Jane Krakowski, Christopher Meloni, Selma Blair, Danny Comden, Jaime King, Stark Sands, Elizabeth Harnois, Adi Schnall, Michael Hitchcock and Robert Joy.

Described as Election meets Heathers, the project is a comic satire about a high school girl (Wood) who turns her exclusive Beverly Hills private school upside down when she accuses her English teacher of sexual harassment. Skander Halim penned the screenplay.