Scary Movie Star Joins 'Jamie Kennedy Project'

Regina Hall ("Scary Movie") has signed for the female lead in Warner Bros. Pictures' "Untitled Jamie Kennedy Project," directed by John Whitesell, reports Variety

Hall plays a young woman from Compton who aids in a kidnapping in order to get the money to open her own beauty salon.

Project is based on one of Kennedy's characters from the WB network sketch comedy series "JKX: The Jamie Kennedy Experiment."

A former season regular on "Ally McBeal," Hall will next star in Dimension Films' late summer release "Paid in Full." She also had a leading role in "Scary Movie" and its sequel.

In addition to Kennedy, the cast includes Taye Diggs and Blair Underwood. Shooting begins early next month.