"Don't Think About It," a direct-to-DVD movie starring Emily Osment from Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana," will shoot in Pittsburgh Oct. 25 to Nov. 19. The movie will land on store shelves in time for Halloween 2007.

The sister of actor Haley Joel Osment plays a 13-year-old who feels like an outsider in her new school and neighborhood. She cooks up pranks on her classmates, but a mysterious stranger has a plan for her, as well.

The $3 million movie, written by Dan Angel and Billy Brown and directed by Alex Zamm ("Inspector Gadget 2"), will be filmed under the banner of "R.L. Stine Presents."

Universal Studios Home Entertainment and The Hatchery LLC, a specialist in original family entertainment, will market and distribute it and future installments, which will be based on Stine's "The Haunting Hour."

The project found its way to Pittsburgh through Steeltown Entertainment, which has been working with The Hatchery and a long list of backers, financial and otherwise, to bring the work here. Steeltown raised $975,000, with the largest contributors the state Department of Community and Economic Development ($300,000) and Colcom Foundation ($200,000).

Nancy Mosser Casting is looking for extras age 4 to 17 (with a particular need for 12- to 14-year-olds). Go to www.mossercasting.com for details.

--Barbara Vancheri, Post-Gazette movie editor

MTV filming Web series here

As part of its short-form development slate for MTV.com, the music network is shooting an online series of 20-to-30 two-to-five-minute episodes of "Chloe" in Pittsburgh this week.

Created and written by Pittsburgh native Terry McCluskey and overseen by Pittsburgh native Kevin Mackall, senior vice president of on-air promos for MTV and MTV2, "Chloe" will be a soap that follows the life of an "adorably likable teen girl and her circle of friends," according to an MTV release.

All of MTV's short-form programs are intended to play on its broadband site, but some could also find their way onto the cable channel.

"Chloe" does not have an air date, but it's likely to premiere in early 2007.

--Rob Owen, Post-Gazette TV editor