Amanda Bynes to star in 'Easy A'

Amanda Bynes has been cast in Screen Gems's high school comedy Easy A.

The project, written by playwright Bert V. Royal and to be directed by Fired Up's Will Gluck, will centre on a student who is taunted at school after rumours surface claiming that she's not a virgin. Emma Stone will play the lead, who exploits the gossip to her own advantage.

Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper said of Bynes: "She's one of the few who can make that graceful transition from kid to adult star because she has such strong comic chops."

Bynes will also appear in a second Screen Gems project as part of the Easy A deal, which Culpepper will devise as a starring vehicle for her.