MTV.com is reporting that singer and actress (Dukes of Hazzard) Jessica Simpson has appeared in an eight-minute test segment for a feature film adaptation of the 'cult' Marvel comic book series, Mort the Dead Teenager.  A number of Hollywood heavies including Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino (see 'Tarantino to Produce 'Mort the Dead Teenager') have been involved with the title in the past, but Avi Arad told MTV that the guy who directed the eight-minute segment was a first time director.

First time director or not, Arad told MTV that he loves the segment, which he think will make an excellent teenage movie with a 'Beetlejuice sensibility.'