Trailer - Hayden Panettiere in 'I Love You, Beth Cooper'

Most TV stars never make the transition to movie stars. Why is that? I couldn't say. But it's rarer than you'd think. For Hayden Panettiere , probably the best news for her career is that Heroes isn't putting up the kind of numbers it would need to hang around a really long time. Plus, she's still very young, so she has time to find her way into movie stardom, if it's going to happen. The approach is right in this case, taking a high school comedy called I Love You, Beth Cooper , in which she plays the object of her school valedictorian's affection. I don't know that the movie looks that great, but it's got a wider appeal than if she played a drug addict in some overly affected indie drama. And since nobody expects her to be Meryl Streep, why bother trying? I Love You, Beth Cooper is the first film directed by Chris Columbus in a while, and it will be in theaters July 10th.