Production will begin on Sept 17 on Gurinder Chadha's latest feature, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, based on UK author Louise Rennison's best-selling Confessions Of Georgia Nicolson series.

Georgia Groome (star of London To Brighton) is to play the lead. Also appearing are Eleanor Tomlinson and Aaron Johnson (who both featured in The Illusionist). The trio were chosen after an exhaustive casting process in which thousands of young actors were seen.

The $18m film is being financed by Paramount and Nickelodeon. It will shoot in Eastbourne and at Ealing Studios. Chadha will produce. She co-scripted with Paul Mayeda Berges. The co-producer is Michelle Fox.

'It's a coming of age movie and also a high school genre movie. Often, we don't make these in this country,' Chadha commented of the project, which is being billed as a teen version of Bridget Jones' Diary.

Chadha began pre-production in January prior to giving birth to twins in the summer. Now that her maternity leave is over, she is ready to start shooting. 'I have been blessed with two very well behaved, gorgeous babies who seem to enjoy coming to work with me,' she commented. The babies, who have their own trailer, are likely to feature as extras in the film.

The writer-director has confirmed that she has now pulled out of the long-gestating Fox big screen version of hit 70s TV series, Dallas.

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