Allison Janney (West Wing) will play play Charlotte Phelan, mother of Skeeter, in the film version of The Help by Kathryn Stockett, Entertainment Weekly reported. Janney joins a cast that includes Emma Stone as Skeeter, Viola Davis as Aibileen, Octavia Spencer as Minnie and and Bryce Dallas Howard as Hilly. Tate Taylor is directing the film, which begins shooting in in Greenwood, Miss., this summer and is scheduled for release next year.
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Fox 2000 optioned the screen rights to Lauren Oliver's young adult novel Before I Fall, Deadline.com reported. Maria Maggenti write the screenplay; Jon Shestack will produce and Ginny Pennekamp will co-produce.