Sizzle promo for "Napa"

Filming of Napa starts in January, starring Rose McGowan, Sean Astin, Jonathan Schaech, Taryn Manning and Kevin Pollack.

TV guest spot on "Franklin & Bash"; "Napa" news

• According to a tweet from @Franklin&Bash, Sean will be a guest star on the TNT comedy-drama lawyer-buddy series "Franklin & Bash." The series, which has aired one season so far, stars Breckin Meyer, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Malcolm McDowell.

Tweets fellow guest star Meredith Myers: Isn't he just the best? LOVE him. He is exactly the man we dreamed he would be :) and He's an incredible actor but an even better man. Those pics in my school locker were justified :)

Sean Astin and Meredith Myers

The episode should air next summer.

• Variety reports that Rose McGowan and Sean Astin will be joined by Kevin Pollak,  Johnathon Schaech and Taryn Manning in the indie romantic thriller, "Napa." The film is starting filming now.

Interviews, articles and pics about And They're Off PLUS more!

• "Sean Astin Talks 'And They're Off' and 'Goonies' Rumors"

Look up "heart" in the dictionary and you might just see a photo of Sean Astin. Or at least one of the characters he's best known for playing, like Mikey ("The Goonies"), Rudy ("Rudy") or Sam ("The Lord of the Rings" trilogy). So it's no surprise that in his new movie, the horse-racing mockumentary "And They're Off…," the 40-year-old plays a horse trainer with – you guessed it – loads of heart.

Lots of interesting tidbits in this interview, including a petition to get Samwise Gamgee in The Hobbit, the news that he plays Rose McGowan's love interest in "Napa", and that he has yet to film his part for "Little Boy." Sean also refers to the upcoming animated movie "Ribbit" in which he voices a frog!

Read more here.

• Here's an article about Dot-Marie Jones (Coach Beiste on "Glee"), who has a small role in "And They're Off" as Dusty Sanders' (Sean) former prom date.

Dot-Marie plays Sean's 1990 prom date!

• Here are some fun behind-the-scenes photos from the Hollywood Reporter. Click each for larger images. (More photos at site.)

Sean heads to "Napa" for new movie (Updated)

Does this man ever rest? Not content with having worked on 6 movies since July, Sean has a role in the upcoming "Napa," which will start filming in Napa and Los Angeles at the end of October.

"Napa" is billed as a romantic thriller, and tells the story of Afghanistan war veteran Scarlett Harding, played by Rose McGowan, who returns home to become the sheriff of her town amid a string of murders and the politics of winemaking. The movie is based on the novel "Three to Get Ready" by University of Puget Sound professor of English Hans Ostrom. It will be directed by Michael Kerr, who co-wrote the script with Ostrom.

Trivia: Rose McGowan's first movie role was in "Encino Man" with Sean!

Sources here and here.

Update: Sean plays the love interest!