Thanks much to Alan for making us aware of this I remember we posted something about this in March from an article at E! Online. Not sure if I'm excited about this project. Jerry O'Connell is a screenwriter? lol Plus there is a similar movie with Mandy Moore coming out at the same time as this one. Anyway, here is the info: From Coming Soon!: Katie Holmes is Fox's First Daughter Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:48 CDT According to Filmjerk, Katie Holmes (Phone Booth) will star in 20th Century Fox's First Daughter for director Forest Whitaker. She will portray the 18-year-old daughter of the President of the United States. In the film, Holmes plays Samantha Mackenzie, whose life in the spotlight begins to take its toll. Excited about her first year away at the University of Virginia, she demands to be allowed to go to college without having to be followed by a fleet of omnipresent secret service agents. Warner Bros. has a similar project, which shares the First Daughter name, set up as well with Mandy Moore starring. They are both targeting a January, 2004 release. Visit the link above to learn more about the characters in the Fox film. Katie Holmes is Fox's First Daughter ------------------------------ From The Hollywood Reporter: 'First' love puts Holmes at Regency April 24, 2003 Katie Holmes has closed a deal to segue from the finale of "Dawson's Creek" to the Regency Enterprises romantic comedy "First Daughter" for helmer Forest Whitaker and producer John Davis. Shooting is scheduled to start in mid-May. The project will see Holmes star as the daughter of the U.S. president who goes to college and falls into a fairy tale romance with a dashing graduate student only to find that her prince turns out to have a secret agenda. Along with Davis, Davis Entertainment president Wyck Godfrey is producing. At Regency, the project is being overseen by senior vp production Kara Francis for Regency president Sanford Panitch. Jessica Bendinger ("The Truth About Charlie") wrote the most recent draft of the script. Regency is fully financing. Holmes is repped by CAA and the law firm Weber, Offer & Dern. She most recently starred on the big screen in Fox's "Phone Booth" and Paramount Pictures' "Abandon." She will soon star in the back-to-back features "The Singing Detective" for Paramount Classics and "Pieces of April" for United Artists. (Chris Gardner and Zorianna Kit) 'First' love puts Holmes at Regency Related Links: The First Daughter Showdown: It’s Katie Holmes vs. Mandy Moore - Fim Jerk First Daughter - Coming Soon! Database

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