NEW YORK -- Natasha Henstridge has joined the cast of Dave Rodriguez's "Anytown," an indie drama that examines a racist high school attack and its aftermath.

Henstridge (ABC's "Eli Stone") will play a news anchor covering an attack on an Indian-American boy by two fellow students who videotape the crime. The event forces her to examine the media's post-Sept. 11 role in fueling hate crimes committed by youth.

Rodriguez ("Push") is producing and directing the project as well as co-writing the script with Zak Meyers. Matt O'Leary ("Brick"), Marshall Allman ("Prison Break"), Jonathan Halyalkar and Paul Ben-Victor also star.

K2 Pictures, 13 Steps Entertainment and Dirty District Entertainment are producing. The film is shooting in Los Angeles after a stint in Louisiana. The Collective's Shaun Redick is repping worldwide sales rights.

Henstridge is repped by Paradigm and Dave Fleming at Mosaic Media Group. Rodriguez is repped by the Collective.

Henstridge joins 'Anytown'

By Gregg Goldstein

March 18, 2008,