It's no snake-in-the-pants role, but Hillary Duff's big sis, Haylie Duff (7th Heaven), might sign on to a new indie film to play a psycho ex girlfriend. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Duff and Sam Huntington (the new Jimmy Olson) are negotiating for starring roles in Tug. This is a new indie from writer/director Abram Makowka, which is making use of Michigan's new 40% tax incentive program.

Set, appropriately, in small-town Michigan, the film focuses "on a guy (Sam Huntington) whose life begins to unravel when he is torn between staying with his current girlfriend or going back to his psycho ex (Duff)." This is a comedy/romance, so I imagine his relationship with his ex isn't abusive, which means we're getting more funny "psycho ladies." I'm hoping that there's a lot more to the story, and that the initial vagueness is just making it sound typical, but we'll have to wait and see whether Makowka offers something fresh, or gives us another imbalanced-woman romcom. On the plus side, the cast also includes Maulik Pancholy (Sanjay on Weeds).

Production is set to begin in June.

Welcome back to The Write Stuff! I'm thrilled that there is such a strong interest in screenwriting out there. Thank you all so much for your comments last week, both here and on my site. All of your questions and comments will be addressed in the coming weeks, so stay tuned and keep them coming!

The first interview for the column is with red-hot screenwriter Adam F. Goldberg. Adam is living the dream. He writes for both television and film, and his upcoming movie projects include Fanboys, the live-action Jetsons movie, and They Came from Upstairs. Cinematical spoke with the incredibly busy Goldberg about his scripts, his process, and Goonies: The Musical.

Cinematical: You said you were being "enslaved by a director," what are you working on? And should I call the authorities?

Adam F. Goldberg: Perhaps call them for my hacky writing! It's called They Came From Upstairs for Fox. It's a family movie, kinda like Gremlins -- but with aliens. The spec was written by Mark Burton and was sold for like $1.7 mil. I believe I am making about .0001212 of that. It's been a really cool project. The movie was in pre-production and the studio realized the script wasn't ready and shut it down pretty late in the game. I came aboard to get the train back on the tracks which is always high pressure and very difficult to do. I handed in 40 pages and they re-greenlit the movie and we're casting and location scouting now. I'm on draft two currently, working next to the director and bringing his vision into it.

Cinematical: Is that an awkward process at all -- being brought in to re-write a fellow writer? Do you ever run into hurt feelings or bruised egos? I guess the $1.7 million makes the pill easier to swallow.

AFG: Well, I come from the TV world, writing on sitcoms and that's very collaborative. You have to sit in the room and watch 10 other writers tear apart your script right in front of you. That bruises your ego. As for movies, more often than not a writer can only go so far and it's your job to bat clean up. It's never a great feeling to have your screenplay rewritten, but hopefully you've moved onto your next project, so it doesn't sting so much. And believe me, that $1.7 payday is like winning the lottery. I hope I can sell a spec one day. I've had little luck in that department.

American Eagle Outfitters is dipping its leather sandal-clad toes into the film business. Variety reports that the clothing manufacturer has launched an entertainment production arm called 77E. 77E will produce "original web series and content around events it sponsors, but also will use the entity to segue into TV, movies and music." The first self-produced AE project is a "webisodic comedy" about mall employees called It's a Mall World. The project was directed by Heroes star and Rocky's son, Milo Ventimiglia, who once asked out a friend of mine. The series stars Sam Huntington (Not Another Teen Movie, Superman Returns), and was written by Adam Green (Hatchet).

Where can you see these videos? Content will be available on AE.com, on video screens in American Eagle stores (can't a man shop in peace?), and through outside partners like MTV, which is showing Mall World. Clips will also be available on myspace, facebook, and youtube, which I am told are popular internet webbysites. Kathy Savitt, executive Vice President of American Eagle Outfitters, says of the kids today: "Content is so important to who they are and how they're living their life. They're so smart and discriminating. We need to make deposits into the cool jar." I would think step one on the path to being cool would be eliminating phrases like "cool jar" from one's vocabulary, but what do I know? AE's first film tie-in is expected to debut shortly. Can a deal between Abercrombie & Fitch and Larry Clark be far behind?

Well, for you fanboys out there, this could be the moment you've been waiting for. That's right, the first official Fanboys trailer has finally hit the net and, honestly, I'm more than a little underwhelmed. Dare I say The Force is not very strong with this one? Before I continue, Fanboys (in case you did not know) is a film about a bunch of Star Wars geeks who attempt to pull off what appears to be an impossible mission: Sneak into George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch and swipe a copy of Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace (before it comes out in theaters) to honor the final wish of a dying friend.

As far as cast goes, we have a bunch of "Yeah, I think I've seen that dude somewhere" type, including Sam Huntington (Superman Returns), Dan Fogler (School for Scoundrels), Chris Marquette (Just Friends) and Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars). Granted, I'm not a fanboy, have never dressed up as a Storm Trooper just for the hell of it, attended one of them fan conventions or lived my life according to Yoda's teachings. So, perhaps, this is why the trailer (which reminded me of Road Trip, except with a slew of Star Wars references) did not dazzle me. However, the part when they clash with a bunch of Star Trek fans did make me chuckle just a little bit.

What do you Fanboys think? Am I coming down a bit too hard on the flick? Do you think it has potential?