Studio Searches Online For 'Wimpy Kid' Star

Feel wimpy? Then you may be the actor 20th Century Fox is looking for online to star of the upcoming movie adaptation of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid."

The online casting call is for a 10- to 13-year-old actor to play the lead role of Greg Heffley in the big-screen adaptation of the New York Times' bestseller. The studio has set up a site for the actors to upload audition videos.

"The character of Greg Heffley is slight, physically unprepossessing, and not overly cute or precocious," Fox described of the character. "He has a quirky, memorable face, is bright and articulate, and possesses a vivid fantasy life -- but he is cursed by the fact that he's in middle school."

The studio requires that auditioning actor "must be able to handle dialog and have a flair for ironic comedy." Fox cited a young Michael Cera ("Juno") or a middle-school aged Larry David ("Curb Your Enthusiam") as examples of the character the studio is envisioning for the role.

An illustrated novel by Jeff Kinney, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" chronicles the adventures of wisecracking middle school student Heffley over the course of an academic year. The story is through the Heffley diary and hand-drawn cartoons.