SHORT TAKES : Drugs Out of Corey Feldman Film

Drugs have been dropped from the story line of Corey Feldman’s next movie, “Scout’s Honor.” But the film’s director said the change has nothing to do with the teen-age actor’s legal problems.

Feldman was in court Tuesday for a hearing on whether he should face trial on two drug possession charges carrying up to four years in prison each.

Feldman, 18, was stopped for speeding March 9, and police said a search of his rented car turned up 25 balloons containing heroin or cocaine. The actor has since admitted having a drug problem and enrolled in a rehabilitation program.

In his next movie, a group of Scouts will find a cache of guns, rather than drugs, in the wild and turn it over to police, said writer-director David O’Malley.

O’Malley said the plot was changed because drugs are a worn-out story device. But he conceded that Feldman, as an anti-drug hero, might cause audiences to laugh.

“I feel good right now. Hopefully everything will work out for the best. We’ll just wait and see what happens,” Feldman said outside court. He is free on $5,000 bail.