Overview
- Principal photography launched August 6 across multiple Los Angeles locations with support from the state’s film incentive program.
- Rob Lowe stars as the school principal, Gillian Jacobs appears as his new partner and Tony Award winner Will Brill leads as a drama teacher plotting revenge.
- Giselle Bonilla directs from a screenplay by Alexander Heller, extending the duo’s original short developed at the American Film Institute.
- The production is spearheaded by producers Rob Lowe and Alexander Heller alongside Greg Lauritano, Jordan Backhus and Findlay Brown, with an executive team of industry veterans.
- The shoot exemplifies California’s effort to reclaim independent filmmaking by using tax credits to counter recent cost-driven relocations.