Kat Dennings has been cast in the independent romancer “Daydream Nation” opposite Josh Lucas .

“Daydream,” directed by Michael Golbach from his own script, begins shooting in Vancouver on Saturday. Project’s produced by Lila 9th, Screen Siren and The Film Farm.

Story centers on a disaffected high school senior who finds herself deposited along with her widowed father in a desolate Canadian hamlet where boredom leads her into an affair with a teacher and into a more promising romance with a druggie teen.

Dennings was recently cast in “Thor.” Her credits include “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” and “The House Bunny.”

She’s repped by Management 360 and CAA.