November 28, 2005 - Joan of Arcadia star Amber Tamblyn is set to join the cast of Spiral, a new low-budgie psychological thriller. The Hollywood Reporter scoops that Tamblyn would star in the indie project along with thesps Joel David Moore and Zacary Levi (Less Than Perfect).

The story reportedly centers around a reclusive telemarketer (Moore), whose dysfunctional friendship with his boss (Levi) is alleviated when a whimsical co-worker (Tamblyn) enters his life. But as he begins to sketch his new friend's portrait, disturbing feelings from his past threaten to lead him down a path of destruction.

Moore co-wrote the screenplay with Jeremy Danial Boreing, and is also co-directing with Adam Green. Readers may recognize Moore from his role as Eddie on the short-lived Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood series LAX. His big-screen credits to date include Dodgeball and Raising Genius.

"A year ago, Jeremy and I were sitting around looking at paintings and listening to jazz, so we decided to make a film about that with a Hitchcockian feel . . . and a little blood thrown in," Moore told the trade.

Amber Tamblyn, who was most recently in theaters with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, next stars in the indie drama Stephanie Daley.

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