Jade Butterfield somehow manages to come off as pure and innocent, even as she's having a  sexually charged relationship at the age of 15. She's hopelessly, tragically in love, in the way you can only be at that age. Lily Collins would make a great Jade. She has a sweetness that would lend itself well to this young character and, with those thick eyebrows and brown doe eyes, she even resembles a young Brooke Shields. Collins has already shown great potential in capturing the hearts of young audiences in the Snow White adaptation Mirror, Mirror.

David Axelrod is a little charming and a lot crazy. Love is a drug, and he's like a younger, more human (i.e., unstable) version of Edward Cullen. Dane DeHaan was fantastic in Chronicle, playing a depressed teen who gains telekinetic abilities. DeHaan has often been compared to Leonardo DiCaprio, and DiCaprio made a name for himself in romances (Titanic, Romeo + Juliet). We think DeHaan could use this dark romance to build his buzz and kick off his rising stardom.

Photo by Gregory Harris, Interview, August 2011.

Originally played by Shirley Knight, Ann Butterfield is Jade's eccentric and restless mother. The movie's original tagline was "the love every parent fears"—but the book by Scott Spencer was more about "the love at least one parent envies." One of the creepiest scenes in the movie is when Ann catches Jade and David having sex in the living room—instead of leaving or being outraged, she just watches them, mesmerized. Ann is obviously desperately devoid of real passion in her life, which is why she starts pining for David... Mrs. Robinson-style. Since Gossip Girl creators are working on this remake, Gossip Girl regular Kelly Rutherford would be perfect casting for this kooky mother. After five years playing Serena van der Floozy's mother on Gossip Girl, she's well practiced at handling flighty, dramatic daughters.

Hugh Butterfield is the more sensible of Jade's parents. Though he smokes pot and throws lavish dinner parties at his home, he's not 100% okay with his 15-year-old daughter taking pills or having sex on his shag rug in the living room. Andrew Lincoln hasn't had a film role since he started working on The Walking Dead. We'd love to see him on the big screen, especially considering that Hugh eventually has a confrontation with David toward the end of the film. Fight, fight, fight!

Keith Butterfield plays Jade's protective brother, who is suspicious of David. A young, blond James Spader originally played this role. It was only his second film credit, but a couple of years after the release of this film, he became one of the coveted bad-boy actors of the 1980s. Another young actor with a substantial amount of teen appeal is Steven R. McQueen (yep, he's the grandson of actor Steve McQueen). He plays a non-vampire character in the ever-popular Vampire Diaries, and he has the same fierce energy that James Spader had back in the day.

Arthur Axelrod is David's straightlaced, political activist father. He unsuccessfully tries to keep his son from losing his mind over a girl. Dylan McDermott, fresh off his strong roles in American Horror Story and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, would make an interesting addition to this cast; an actor who easily maneuvers between lighthearted and darker roles.