--- description: Ashley Benson will star in 'Pixels' title: Pretty Little Liars Star Ashley Benson Joins Adam Sandler Flick Pixels image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd019f622937431a0/69869a4d55a85966e0a81a6b/495087403.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Pretty Little Liars_ Star Joins Adam Sandler Flick  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 2, 2014 3:23 PM CUT  Ashley Benson attends the "Pretty Little Liars" Celebrates 100 Episodes held at the W Hollywood Hotel on May 31, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Ashley Benson attends the "Pretty Little Liars" Celebrates 100 Episodes held at the W Hollywood Hotel on May 31, 2014 in Hollywood, California.JB Lacroix—WireImage  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 2, 2014 3:23 PM CUT Ashley Benson, of _Pretty Little Liars_ fame, [will co-star in the Adam Sandler action-comedy _Pixels_](http://www.thewrap.com/pretty-little-liars-star-ashley-benson-joins-adam-sandler-in-pixels-exclusive/ "undefined"). The cast also includes Kevin James, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Monaghan and Brian Cox, _The Wrap_ reports. Chris Columbus will direct the big-budget film. The plot revolves around aliens who misinterpret feeds of video games into a declaration of war against them by Earth and invade the planet. The President (played by James) must ask his childhood friend and video game champion, Sam Brenner (Sandler) to lead the fight against the aliens using his video game skills. The film is set to premiere on May 15, 2015. \[[_The Wrap_](http://www.thewrap.com/pretty-little-liars-star-ashley-benson-joins-adam-sandler-in-pixels-exclusive/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2950418/pretty-little-liars-star-joins-adam-sandler-flick/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2950418/pretty-little-liars-star-joins-adam-sandler-flick/"},"headline":"Pretty Little Liars Star Joins Adam Sandler Flick","datePublished":"2014-07-02T15:23:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:56:42.094Z","description":"Ashley Benson will star in Pixels","url":"https://time.com/2950418/pretty-little-liars-star-joins-adam-sandler-flick/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd019f622937431a0/69869a4d55a85966e0a81a6b/495087403.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd019f622937431a0/69869a4d55a85966e0a81a6b/495087403.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Pretty Little Liars\" Celebrates 100 Episodes","caption":"\"Pretty Little Liars\" Celebrates 100 Episodes","creditText":"JB Lacroix—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2950418/pretty-little-liars-star-joins-adam-sandler-flick/","name":"Pretty Little Liars Star Joins Adam Sandler Flick"}}]}] ```