Katie Cassidy's dream vacation in "Monte Carlo"

By Siewaun
Reference: Variety

Katie Cassidy ("Taken," "A Nightmare on Elm Street") has joined Selena Gomez "Wizards of Waverly Place," Leighton Meester "Gossip Girl" and Cory Monteith "Glee" in Fox 2000 and New Regency's adventure comedy "Monte Carlo." Andie MacDowell has also joined the cast.

Tom Bezucha will direct from the adaptation script he co-wrote with April Blair, losely based on Jules Bass' novel "Headhunters."

Movie is about a girl who travels to Paris with her best friend and her future stepsister. When she is mistaken for a British socialite, the girls find themselves flying to Monte Carlo for a charity auction ball. However, when a million-dollar necklace goes missing, the girls must recover it urgently, or risk getting their true identities exposed.

Nicole Kidman, Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan are co-producers of the comedy.

Shooting is scheduled to begin next month, on location in Monaco, Budapest and Paris.