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Recent teen eye-brow raisers in film include Juno, who somehow got inseminated by Paulie Bleeker, and Dawn from Teeth, who had one raging and vicious set of vagina dentata. But where could Hollywood go from here? Pies have already been mixed with sex, and booze and dancing have already led to bloody thighs.

Variety reports that Overture Films has bought a spec called Freshly Popped. Yes, it means what it implies. Penned by new screenwriter Megan Parsons, the film will focus on "a teenage girl who works at a movie theater and is trying to decide to whom she wants to lose her virginity." Seeing that they specifically mention her job, I presume that she'll not be looking for eligible young bachelors at school, but rather amongst the sea of moviegoers at her theater.

This takes the whole "imagine the audience naked" idea to new levels. All I can see is this young girl holding her broom in hand, waiting for the theater to clear out so she can clean it. As they walk by, she makes mental notes on their eligibility. This could be a lot of fun -- if it's done smartly. Say what you will about the quirk to Diablo Cody's writing -- she did a great job making a fun and smart young woman for the screen, and that is, sadly, rare.

Okay, if we're going to get technical, that title should read "Superbad Expected to Do Super Well," but that just doesn't have quite the same ring to it, does it? Over at Hollywood Elsewhere, Jeff Wells is reporting that the Judd Apatow-produced teen geek sex flick, (helmed by Greg Mottola, who's probably sick of everyone talking about Apatow and Seth Rogen's roles in his film by now) should do even better at the box office than original predictions were targeting. Sony, according to Wells, had been projecting about a $25 million weekend take for the film, but it looks like the film is going to hit more like $30 million, maybe even as high as $33 million.

This is pretty interesting -- it would seem that the appeal of the geek guy has not yet run its course, probably because there are a lot more geeky guys out in the real world (and chicks who dig geeky guys) than Hollywood anticipated, even after the success Apatow had with 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up. Films about your average dorky protagonist are appealing, in part, because real guys like to watch films where guys like them have fun, succeed in life, and get the girl, and real girls like to watch films where the guys are characters they can like and relate to.

Clearly, both sexes also like to watch Jason Bourne kick the crap out of the bad guys, his muscles rippling beneath his shirt (yrrrrrooooww), as Wells also notes that The Bourne Ultimatum (loved it!) is set to exceed the previous two in total box office. (Just as clearly, nobody wants to see Nicole Kidman be body-snatched, as The Invasion is, predictably, tanking -- did anyone really think that one was going to be good?) But while guys might like to fantasize about being Bourne or Bond or a superhero in tights, they know those things are purely in the realm of fantasy, whereas Apatow, et al, show them how real guys can live the life the beautiful people would like us to think is reserved for them.

Long live the geeks!