3 thesps develop 'Crush'

TV thesps Sarah Bolger ("The Tudors"), Very Reed ("Teen Wolf"), and Reid Ewing ("Modern Family") are going to join "X-Males: Top ClassInch star Lucas Till in Smart Pictures' thriller "Crush," which Malik Bader will direct from the script by Sonny Mallhi.Till plays a star senior high school athlete who becomes the main focus of the secret admirer's obsession. He soon finds out the innocent crush has switched harmful and deadly.Bolger will have Till's longtime friend who would like to place their innocent relationship one stage further, though he's too busy training to pay for much attention.Reed will have a shy, psychologically intense classmate of Till's character, who's jealous of his friendship with Bolger. Ewing will have a smart outcast that has a crush on Reed's character, whom he suspects might be hiding something sinister.Smart is fully financing the pic, that is being created by its principals Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans. Mallhi, who formerly teamed with Smart on 2008's sleeper hit "The Other people," will professional produce with Intrepid's Anil Kurian. Glen Basner's FilmNation will handle worldwide sales around the pic, which begins production March. 24 in La.Bolger, who's repped by CAA and Hamilton Hodell, lately wrapped the indie "As Awesome like me.Inch Ewing, who had been last observed in DreamWorks' "Fright Evening" remake," lately wrapped the indie sex comedy "Sleeping Around." He's repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment and attorney Karl Austen.Reed lately made an appearance in WB's "Crazy, Stupid, Love" and can soon be viewed alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt in "Jewtopia." She's repped by Gersh, Primary Title Entertainment and attorney Scott Whitehead. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com