Greta Gerwig and Adam Brody cast in 'Damsels'

LOS ANGELES – Greta Gerwig and Adam Brody are starring in "Damsels in Distress," Whit Stillman's first movie since 1998's "The Last Days of Disco."

The Castle Rock movie revolves around a group of style-obsessed college girls who take in a new student (Gerwig) and teach her their misguided ways of helping people at their grungy university, sort of "Mean Girls" filtered through the lens of the filmmaker behind such urbane indie dramas as "Barcelona," "Metropolitan" and "Disco."

The crux of the story involves the relationship between Gerwig's character and a suitor (Brody), whom the girls are taken with while doubting his intentions.

Gerwig starred opposite Ben Stiller in "Greenberg" and recently shot "Arthur," the Russell Brand-starring remake of the 1981 comedy.

Brody last appeared in "Cop Out." He has the ensemble comedy-drama "The Oranges," co-starring Hugh Laurie and Catherine Keener, in the can and recently wrapped "Scream 4."