Gordon-Levitt Is Darren Star's Frog King

Former sitcom star Joseph Gordon-Levitt kickstarted the serious-actor phase of his career with a bravura starring role in Gregg Araki's acclaimed Mysterious Skin.

So it's no surprise that the star of Brick and The Lookout is once again looking to a gay filmmaker for a juicy film role.

Melrose Place and Sex and the City creator Darren Star will make his big-screen debut behind the camera with The Frog King, a romantic comedy about a man with a predilection for messing up relationships who's trying not to let Ms. Right slip from his grasp.

Frog is an original screenplay by queer novelist Bret Easton Ellis, whose work (American Psycho, Less Than Zero) usually leans toward darker themes.

Look for this project to leap from the lily pad and into theaters in 2009.