After starring in True Grit back in 2010 and nabbing a nomination for best supporting actress, the world would seem to be at Hailee Steinfeld‘s fingertips. According to Deadline, the young starlet has just signed on to a new project, leading Why We Broke Up for Fox 2000.

The comedy will be directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller and is based off the book by Daniel Handler, writer of the popular Lemony Snicket series. Steinfeld will be playing the role of “Min, a high school sophomore and cinephile who enjoys hanging out with friends at her favorite coffee shop. She falls hard for Ed, a senior and captain of the basketball team, and gets caught up in their whirlwind romance.” How very high school. The film then “unfolds a couple of weeks after they break-up, when she dumps a letter and box of seemingly meaningless mementos on his porch.”

Handler also wrote the script, and it will be produced by the Twilight Saga‘s Karen Rosenfelt; which gives us some inclining on the route and age group the film will be taking on. McCarthy-Miller has directed episodes of 30 Rock, as well as Saturday Night Live and is set to direct the upcoming Melissa McCarthy-led comedy Tammy.

Steinfeld has shown her leading lady potential, considering she will play Juliet in the upcoming Romeo and Juliet reboot as well as a major role in the sci-fi bestseller Ender’s Game. I have no doubt she’ll be able to handle the role, I’m just a little weary of the subject matter — but that could have something to do with the fact that I’m not the intended audience or that big a fan of high school romantic dramas. But, like any young actress it looks like she has to get this kind of film out of her system at some point.

What are your initial thoughts of Why We Broke Up?