Danielle Panabaker is a Prodigy
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Danielle Panabaker has signed on to be the female lead in the sci-fi action movie Prodigy. The story synopsis from the Hollywood Reporter is as follows:
“Prodigy” centers on an elite prep school that promises to turn teenagers into geniuses through a drug-and-diet regimen for a half-million-dollar tuition. When several alumni turn up dead, the school’s valedictorian is assigned to investigate the murders, leading him to a rebellious student.
Panabaker plays the brilliant daughter of a senator who begins to question the powers that be.
The only other cast member that is known so far is Max Theriot who plays the rebellious student. The screenplay was written by the author of the novel; Dave Kalstein. Shooting will start in October in Spain.
Not sure about this project for Danielle; the thing with sci-fi movies is that they’re usually either brilliant or they plainly suck. I’m also not quite sure how much of an action movie you can do in a movie where the main characters are teenagers. Though Danielle is getting a steady stream of work, which is a good thing even if it’s not always in the biggest projects. Whether this will be a good movie only time will tell, I sure like the sound of this project more than Friday the 13th.












