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“Austin and Ally” star

Laura Marano

has been cast as the lead in the upcoming indie comedy movie “A Sort of Homecoming.”

Producers are Marcus Brown, Lynn Reed and Yvette Brown with Maria Burton directing.

Film follows a news producer who is successful, but withdrawn, as a result of problems that ensue during a high school national debate tournament. Marano will portray the teenage version.

Marano stars as an introverted songwriter on

Disney Channel

‘s “Austin & Ally,” which is in its third season.

Marano is represented by Paradigm, Marano Entertainment, and Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman.

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