Kristen Stewart Is To Lead 'Catch That Girl'

Kristen Stewart ("Panic Room") has signed to star in the title role of Fox 2000's "Catch That Girl" for director Bart Freundlich and producer Andrew Lazar, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

A remake of a the Danish feature "Klatretosen," the project is described as "Ocean's Eleven" and "Mission: Impossible" for kids. It's about a 12-year-old girl whose father needs a costly operation to fix a spine injury. The girl and two friends decide to rob the bank where her mother works in an attempt to get the cash to help her father. During the heist, the kids work together to overcome high-tech security systems, guard dogs and a nasty head of security to get to a bank vault that is suspended 30 feet above ground.

Michael Brandt and Derek Haas wrote the English adaptation of the feature, with a rewrite supervised by Freundlich.

Production begins next month in Los Angeles.