Bynes Overboard For 'lovewrecked'

Amanda Bynes has inked to topline the romantic comedy "Lovewrecked" for helmer Randal Kleiser. Media 8 Entertainment is producing along with the recently relaunched Bacon & Eggs from a script by Stephen Langford.

The project marks Bynes' first starring role after the Dennie Gordon-helmed "What a Girl Wants" for Warner Bros. Pictures. Shooting starts next month
in the Caribbean.

"Lovewrecked" finds Bynes as Jenny, an 18-year-old girl who is ecstatic when she finds that her favorite rock star is a guest at the tropical resort where she is working for the summer. When they are both thrown overboard during a cruise, Jenny finds herself stranded alone with him on what they think is a remote beach.

Casting is under way for the other roles with casting director Nancy Nayor. Media 8's Stewart Hall is producing with Bacon & Eggs' Joe Anderson and Wendy Thorlakson.

"We are thrilled to have Amanda Bynes on board for 'Lovewrecked,' " Hall said. "She's an incredibly gifted and charming comic actress, and this project will be a great showcase for her talents."

Bynes is repped by UTA and Dave Feldman at Bloom, Hergott & Diemer. She is due to head back to her WB Network series "What I Like About You" in the fall.

Media 8 was repped in the deal by Christa Zofcin, the company's director

of business and legal affairs.

Langford is repped by JKA Talent & Literary's Jim Kellem, Howard Lapides and Andrew Lear of Core Entertainment and attorneys Allison Binder and Neil Meyer at Stone, Meyer & Genow.

"Lovewrecked" is the first project to come out of Bacon & Eggs since the company relaunched. Formerly known as A Happy Place since December 2000, partners Lance Bass, Thorlakson and Anderson renamed it with a mandate of developing film and television projects across all demographics. The Venice, Calif.-based Bacon & Eggs also has the horror project "When the Dead Whisper" at Gold Circle Films.

"The new name marks both a recognition of the change in membership of our company and a broadening of our interests in terms of subject matter," Bass said. "Where before we were focused almost exclusively on family movies, under the Bacon & Eggs banner we will develop film projects in a variety of genres and will focus heavily on television as well."