American actress-singer Vanessa Hudgens has signed on to star in the indie comedy movie "French Girl".
Zach Braff, Evelyne Brochu, and William Fichtner are also set to star in the project.
It follows Gordon Kinski (Braff) a high school teacher living in Brooklyn, who accompanies his girlfriend and chef Sophie Tremblay (Brochu) to her hometown of Quebec City where she is testing for a Michelin 3-star restaurant at the Chateau Frontenac, owned by wunderkind super-chef Ruby Collins (Hudgens.)
The movie is written and directed by James A. Woods and Nicolas Wright.
It is produced by Valerie D’Auteuil, Andre Rouleau through Caramel Films, and Anders Bard through aBard Production.
Production is currently underway in Canada's two east-coast and French-speaking cities, Quebec City and Montreal.