Summit, the company responsible for the Twilight franchise and last year’s Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker, are apparently eager to have the film start production this June.  It will be produced by John Malkovich and Vulture says an official announcement from Summit will probably be forthcoming in the week. 

The novel plays out in a series of letters written by a high school freshman in 1991.  Lerman would play the lead, Charlie, while Watson would play one of his only two friends, Sam.  It’s worth noting that The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of the American Library Association’s top-ten most frequently banned books.  The Harry Potter books, of course, top this list every year, so if this comes to pass, Watson will be the queen of the banned-book adaptations.

So, do you think Emma Watson will be able to do a convincing American accent?

Source: NY MAG