I have a pal who has such a pronounced, sincere disdain for 11-year-old Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), and yet a correlative affection for her older brother Spencer (oh… The Santa Clause 3, let’s say) that it sprints past the strange right into camp brilliance. That’s why he’ll be stoked by today’s news. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Breslin possessing two testicles (as well as actual talent, my friend would exclaim at this point) is set to star in two new films.

First the bad news: he’ll topline the teen-flavored comedy Harold, opposite
actor-producer and box office kiss of death Cuba Gooding Jr., as a prematurely balding student trying to adapt to a new high school. But Breslin’s also lined up a lead role in M. Night Shyamalan’s
rebound thriller project, The Happening, which will start shooting in August, and stars Mark Wahlberg as a father trying to lead his family to safety when a natural disaster threatens to destroy the planet. Presumably there will be no “narfs” or “scrunts” this go-round…