Friday, July 15, 2011

Mad Men's Christina Hendricks Joins Glee's Chris Colfer In New Indie Flick

The upcoming indie comedy Struck By Lightning from Brian Dannelly gets a bolt of rising star power as Mad Men's Christina Hendricks, Modern Family's Sarah Hyland and Glee's Chris Colfer, who also penned the script, joins the Struck cast also starring Dermot Mulroney and Allison Janney.

Struck By Lightning is the story of a young guy, played by Colfer, who is struck and mortally wounded by lightning and chronicles through a serious of flashbacks his mischievous exploits, schemes and blackmails of his fellow classmates as he forces them to contribute to his literary magazine. David Permut is producing with Rob Aguire and Mia Chang. Colfer and his manager Glenn Rigberg are executive producers with Jason Michael Berman.

Colfer who recently announced he will graduate from Glee next season is a busy guy, having recently written a pilot for Disney Channel, The Little Leftover Witch, based on the children's book and will also publish two (2) books with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers that will be released in summer 2012.

Congratulations are also in order as both Colfer and Hendricks received 2011 Emmy nominations for their amazing work on Glee and Mad Men. Respectfully.

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