Weaver Joins Silverstone in Upcoming 'Vamps' Film

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sigourney Weaver is set to join Alicia Silverstone on the big screen in the upcoming Amy Heckerling project Vamps.

The project was first announced last November and focuses on two young female vampires living the good life in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality. Silverstone will play one of the vampires opposite Krysten Ritter, best known for work on The Gilmore Girls.

Weaver most recently starred in James Cameron's critically acclaimed film and box office smash Avatar. Weaver's recent film credits include Infamous alongside Sandra Bullock, Vantage Point with Dennis Quaid and Forrest Whitaker, the animated feature Wall E, and the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler comedy Baby Mama. Weaver can next be seen in the upcoming films You Again and Paul. Weaver was Tony-nominated for her performance in Hurlyburly. Additional stage credits include Crazy Mary, Mrs. Farnsworth, Gemini, and Sex and Longing.

Silverstone made her Broadway debut as Elaine in The Graduate in 2002. Other theater credits include the LA revival of Speed the Plow and the current broadway production of Time Stands Still. Silverstone is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Cher Horowitz in the 1995 film Clueless, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe award for her work on the television show, Miss Match. Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (The Homecoming, Proof, Rabbit Hole) opened on January 28 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Silverstone is currently starring in The Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Time Stands Still, featuring acclaimed actor and playwright Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio, "Law & Order: CI"), Tony Award nominee Brian d'Arcy James (Shrek, Off-Broadway's Next to Normal), and Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Laura Linney ("John Adams," Sight Unseen on Broadway). For more information and tickets, visit www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com.