Osment back in game with indie 'Giants' Borys Kit Aug 1, 2005 Haley Joel Osment is making a return to movies, taking a starring role in the indie coming-of-age feature "Home of the Giants." Rusty Gorman is writing and directing, while William R. Greenblatt and Dan Schalk are producing. Set in an Indiana town that lives for basketball, the story follows a teenager (Osment) who idolizes one of the town's basketball stars. The teen and his best pal are befriended by the player, who ends up being anything but the hero they thought he was. Charles Grinds is executive producing the movie, which goes into production early next month in North Carolina. Sympics International, whose partners include Greenblatt, Grinds and Greg Harrison, is partly financing the picture. Sympics' credits include the upcoming National Lampoon film "The Trouble With Frank," with Jon Bon Jovi, Estella Warren and Cary Elwes. Osment rose to international fame through his Oscar-nominated performance in "The Sixth Sense." He followed that with starring turns in "Pay It Forward" and Steven Spielberg's "A.I. Artificial Intelligence." His most recent role was in 2003's "Secondhand Lions," opposite Robert Duvall and Michael Caine. Osment is repped by Meredith Fine at Coast to Coast Talent.