Jason Reitman Goes Back to School for His Next Project

If you can put the rampant nepotism of this project aside -- even Cody Gifford is shaking his head in disbelief -- here's a movie that sounds immediately intriguing. Academy Award nominee Jason Reitman has optioned Elliot Allagash, the debut novel from Simon Rich -- Frank Rich's Harvard educated, Saturday Night Live-writer, 1984-born son -- for his production company and might even wind up directing. Which he really should since Rich's novel -- about a high school nerd who gets help from the high school bad boy to become cool -- sounds like Mean Girls with boys or Fight Club set in Rushmore Academy. Early guesses on stars: Jaden Smith, Eva Amurri, Emma Roberts, Mamie Gummer. [THR]