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Heroes’ cheerleader nabs a comedy

Now that she’s had some time away from playing the invulnerable Claire Bennet in Heroes (and when she’s not out saving the whales), Hayden Panettiere has decided to keep her film career ticking over.

She’s signed alongside Kieran Culkin to star in Michael Goldbach’s Daydream Nation. According to The Hollywood Reporter , it’s a modern-day coming-of-age story that follows the misadventures of an acerbic teen girl and her oblivious beau.

Acerbic teen girl? That’ll be The Juno Effect, then…

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