Newly formed company Multistory Films has just optioned the rights to SCHOOL’S OUT, a novel by Scott Andrews which, based on the synopsis, appears to be in the vein of BATTLE ROYALE and LORD OF THE FLIES. You know what that means: Psycho kids goin’ hog wild on one another!
Here’s the product description of the book, via Amazon: It’s never easy being fifteen, but when your teachers are killing each other, the prefect who loves to bully you is experimenting with crucifixion, and the rival gang from across town have decided that ritualistic cannibalism is the way to go, spots and BO don’t seem like such big problems after all.
These are the final days of St Marks School For Boys, and the punishment for disobedience is death!
Sounds like some seriously deranged insanity – I like it. No screenwriter or director has been attached yet, but as this seems right up our alley, we’ll be keeping a close eye on it.
BATTLE ROYALE’s Chiaki Kuriyama