Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") will star as Kit Kittredge in the film. Produced by HBO Films, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Marisa Yeres, from Goldsmith-Thomas Productions, in association with Julia Roberts and Lisa Gillan from Red Om Films, and Ellen L. Brothers of American Girl, Inc., the film is written by Ann Peacock ("A Lesson Before Dying," "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe") and tells the story of the clever and resourceful Kit Kittredge, a nine-year-old girl growing up in 1934 during America's Great Depression.

Introduced in 2000 as the seventh American Girl historical character, Kit Kittredge will be the first one to have her story adapted for a theatrical film. Working in partnership with American Girl for the last five years, Goldsmith-Thomas Productions and Red Om Films have received nominations and awards for their telefilms "Samantha: An American Girl Holiday," "Felicity: An American Girl Adventure," and "Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front."

Directed by
Patricia Rozema

Cast
Abigail Breslin - Kit Kittredge
Joan Cusack
Max Thieriot - Will
Chris O'Donnell - Mr. Kittredge
Willow Smith - Countee
Stanley Tucci
Jane Krakowski
Julia Ormond - Mrs. Kittredge
Glenne Headly
Wallace Shawn
Zach Mills - Stirling Howard
Madison Davenport - Ruthie Smithens
Austin Macdonald - Roger
Darryn Lucio - Deputy
Martin Doyle - Mr. Fisher

Production Co.
Goldsmith-Thomas Productions
Red Om Films
HBO Films

Produced by
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
Marisa Yeres
Stephanie Langhoff
Julia Roberts
Lisa Gillan

Studio
Picturehouse

Writer
Ann Peacock
Valerie Tripp

Music
Lesley Barber