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Polly Bergen, Chris Colfer, Christina Hendricks, Allison Janney, et al. Set for Struck By Lightning Movie

Allison Janney
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Allison Janney
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Updated casting has been announced for movie Struck by Lightning, according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter.


Brian Dannelly is directing the project, which has a script by Chris Colfer, who will play a young man who is killed by lighting, with flashbacks showing his exploits in blackmailing his classmates into contributing to a literary magazine.

Allison Janney heads the cast, which includes Christina Hendricks, Polly Bergen, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Hyland, Angela Kinsey, Allie Grant, Ashley Rickards, Brad Henke, Robbie Amell and Carter Jenkins.