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.

Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss are the latest to join the cast of Tim Blake Nelson’s upcoming comedy thriller “Leaves of Grass,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Also starring is Edward Norton, who will play twin brothers. One of them is a highly regarded philosophy professor, while the other spends his time growing marijuana. In a sudden turn of events, the professor must return to his Oklahoma hometown, where he goes against a local drug lord.

Dreyfuss portrays the drug baron, while Sarandon plays the brothers’ mother. Nelson stars as one of the brothers’ best friend. Also on board are Lucy DeVito, Rhea Perlman and Steve Earle.

THR says Nelson wrote the script with Norton in mind, although the actor didn’t show much interest in the project until he finally read the script. Produced on a small budget, “Grass” is scheduled to head into principal photography later this month.

Sarandon was last seen in “Speed Racer.” She recently wrapped filming for Peter Jackson’s upcoming adaptation of “The Lovely Bones.”

As for Dreyfuss, he will next star in Oliver Stone’s George W. Bush biopic “W.” He will also be seen in next year’s Donald Petrie-directed comedy “My Life in Ruins.”