Variety reports that Emma Stone (Superbad) is in negotiations to headline the upcoming Screen Gems comedy Easy A.

Penned by New York playwright Bert V. Royal, the film is a high-school-set retelling of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. It centers on a student who sees her life paralleling Scarlet’s Hester Prynne after she pretends to be the high school slut in hopes that she’ll benefit from the notion she’s promiscuous.

The film is being helmed by Will Gluck and will start shooting in California soon.