Aubrey Plaza Will Join Zac Efron & Robert De Niro in Upcoming Comedy BAD GRANDPA

According to Deadline, Aubrey Plaza has signed on to join Zac Efron and Robert De Niro in the upcoming comedy BAD GRANDPA, to be directed by Dan Mazer.

The film, written by John Phillips, follows "an uptight twenty-something (Efron) who embarks on a road trip before his wedding to bond with his recently widowed grandfather (De Niro) only to find that his grandpa is a foul-mouthed lunatic on a mission to get laid during Spring Break...Plaza will play Lenore, a savvy, beguiling party girl looking for fun on Spring Break."

Plaza currently stars in NBC's Emmy-nominated and critically-acclaimed comedy series "Parks and Recreation" as April Ludgate, Ron Swanson's underachieving assistant. She will next be seen starring in the "The Handjob" as a high-school grad who makes it her mission to gain more sexual experience before heading off to college. Written and directed by Maggie Carey, the film is being touted as the female version of "Superbad." Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, and Rachel Bilson co-star.

Plaza will also be seen in Jamie Linden's "Ten Year" opposite Channing Tatum. Plaza plays the role of Olivia, the wife of Brian Geraghty's character. When the couple goes to his ten-year reunion, Olivia realizes that he is a very different person than he was in high school and that she doesn't know as much about him as she had initially thought. The film also stars Rosario Dawson, Justin Long, Kate Mara, and Lisa Kudrow. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be released on December 30, 2011.

Her additional credits include the hit online series "The Jeannie Tate Show," ESPN's original web series "Mayne Street," as well as a guest-appearance on "30 Rock." Plaza has been performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater since 2004. She also recently began performing stand up and has appeared at the Laugh Factory and The Improv.

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