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Former Alias stud Michael Vartan and funny man David Cross have joined Parallel Zide's new comedy Demoted" according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Vartan will play Rodney McAdams, a hotshot Treadline Tires sales associate who delights in tormenting his less-than-cool colleague, Ken (Cross).

But when their boss suddenly dies, Ken is promoted and assigns Rodney to a secretarial job as payback, giving him a taste of his own medicine.

James B. Rogers directs from a screenplay by Dan Callahan.

Cross is very funny and the part seems tailor made. As for Vartan He's not really known as playing smarmy but I think he can pull it off.

Shooting begins September 2nd in Michigan