For generations of fans worldwide, the name Nancy Drew is synonymous with adventure. This young amateur detective has a mind of her own, a passion for solving mysteries and a reputation for getting into - and out of - some very scary situations.

Emma Roberts stars as the resourceful teen detective, who leaves her friendly hometown of River Heights for the West Coast and enrolls at Hollywood High. There, her unique personal style immediately sets her apart from her self-absorbed, fast-living peers, especially reigning mean-girl fashionistas Inga and Trish, who can't quite figure her out but know that everything about her is different - from her super-smarts and retro manners to her perfect picnic lunches and penny loafers.

Their less-than-warm reception might bother the average new girl in town, but not Nancy. She has more important things to think about - namely, a brand new mystery.
Even though she promised her worried Dad (Tate Donovan as Carson Drew) that she'd quit the "sleuthing" business, it isn't long before Nancy gets a lead on one of the greatest unsolved cases of all time: the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of famous actress Dehlia Draycott. It happens that the Drews are staying in the former Draycott mansion, long reputed to be haunted and now a site where some very strange things have been happening.
How could she resist?...

"Nancy Drew," from producer Jerry Weintraub and director Andrew Fleming, also stars Josh Flitter as the boisterous Corky, Nancy's unlikely new best friend at Hollywood High, and Max Thieriot as her River Heights boyfriend Ned Nickerson, who learned long ago that there's no getting Nancy's attention away from a hot clue. Daniella Monet and Kelly Vitz are Inga and Trish, and Rachael Leigh Cook stars as Jane Brighton, a woman whose life could be changed forever by the secrets Nancy uncovers in the Draycott mansion.