“A Simple Favor” and “Spy” helmer Paul Feig will direct a film adaptation of young adult fantasy fairy-tale book “The School for Good and Evil” at Netflix.
Based on the novel by Soman Chainani, the story follows best friends Sophie and Agatha who are students at the titular School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy-tale heroes and villains.
With her princess ambitions, Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella and Snow White. Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and wicked cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil.
When the girls find their fortunes reversed, with Sophie dropped into the School for Evil and Agatha into the School for Good, their friendship will be put to the test.
David Magee (“Life of Pi”) and Laura Solon (“Let It Snow”) will pen the screenplay. Feig, Laura Fischer, Joe Roth, Jeffrey Kirschenbaum and Jane Startz will produce.
Source: Heat Vision
