Daily news dose: Stephen Dorff to play porn 'Star;' Kellan Lutz boards 'Nightmare' reboot

Here's your dose of film news for April 24, 2009:

• Stephen Dorff has signed on to star in Tom Brady's "Born to Be a Star," a comedy Adam Sandler co-wrote and is set to produce with Jack Giarraputo. The plot follows a nerd (Nick Swardson) who discovers his quiet parents were famous porn stars during the 1970s. Christina Ricci co-stars, and Dorff is playing a porn star. (Variety)

• Kellan Lutz and Rooney Mara have joined Thomas Dekker, Jackie Earle Haley and Kyle Gallner in New Line Cinema's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" reboot. Lutz would play a school jock, while Mara is on-board to play a girl eager to leave town after graduation. Samuel Bayer is directing the flick. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Brian Koppelman and David Levien are set to adpat Josh Bazell's novel "Beat the Reaper" for New Regency, according to Variety. Leonardo DiCaprio may star in the flick, which follows an ER doctor whose life takes a tough turn when a mobster recognizes him from his previous life as a hit man.

• According to ShockTillYouDrop, Richard Dreyfuss and Ving Rhames will appear in Alexandre Aja's upcoming horror flick "Piranha 3-D." Elisabeth Shue and Adam Scott are already on board. The film is based on Joe Dante's 1978 film of the same title.

Christina Ricci joins Sandler's 'Star' comedy

Christina Ricci has boarded "Born to Be a Star," a comedy Adam Sandler co-wrote and is set to produce with Jack Giarraputo. Tom Brady, who delivered the crappy "The Combacks," will direct.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the plot follows a nerd who discovers his quiet parents were famous porn stars during the 1970s.

Motivated by his parents' legacy, he decides to head to Hollywood and enter the porn industry himself, hoping to become the biggest adult-film star the world has ever seen. Ricci is set to play his girlfriend.

No word yet on whether Sandler will star in "Star," but you'll soon see him play a stand-up comedian in Judd Apatow's "Funny People."

As for Ricci, she last starred in "Speed Racer." She will also soon be seen in "New York, I Love You" and "After.Life."