The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Amber has indeed signed up for Stepfather. Check out this report:

Jon Tenney and Amber Heard have joined the cast of Screen Gems’ The Stepfather, a remake of the 1987 horror thriller being produced by Maverick Films.

Tenney will play a father trying to reconnect and protect his teenage son, played by Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl). Heard plays Badgley’s girlfriend. Friday Night Lights actress Adrianne Palicki was in negotiations for Heard’s part, but the dates did not work out, according to her reps.

Sela Ward is already on board as Tenney’s ex-wife, whose soon-to-be husband (Dylan Walsh of Nip/Tuck) might have murdered his previous family.

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Both Bloody-Disgusting.com and MovieHole have gotten the scoop that Miss Heard will star in the remake of The Stepfather! (Both sources are very reliable.) This is truly exciting!

Amber will join the previously announced Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Adrianne Palicki, Chris Meloni and Sherry Stringfield in the film that is shooting now and will wrap production April 15 in Los Angeles, California. The story centers on a teenage boy (Badgley) who discovers his soon-to-be stepfather isn’t all he appears. In fact, the man who fell in love with his mother (Sela Ward), might be a psycho who murdered his previous family.

In the original 1987 horror favorite, Terry O’Quinn (of Lost fame) played the infamous Stepfather. The movie spawned two sequels.