Honor Society comedy starring Angourie Rice, Gaten Matarazzo, and more announced

Awesomeness Films has announced that production for its Honor Society comedy is underway. The live-action project features Angourie Rice (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Mare of Easttown), Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things), and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad, Kick-Ass), who’ve all been set to star.

The Honor Society comedy is written by David A. Goodman, and according to Deadline‘s exclusive report, tells the story of Honor Rose, an ambitious high school senior whose sole focus is getting into Harvard, assuming she can first score the coveted recommendation from her guidance counselor, Mr. Calvin (Mintz-Plasse). Willing to do whatever it takes, Honor concocts a Machiavellian-like plan to take down her top three student competitors, until things take a turn when she unexpectedly falls for her biggest competition, Michael (Matarazzo).

Honor Society also features Amy Keum (What a Drag, Evil) and Armani Jackson (Chad, Grey’s Anatomy) as the other competitors gunning for the recommendation. Directed by Oran Zegman and executive produced by The J Team’s Ron French, the film is currently shooting in Vancouver, British Columbia, with a late 2022 release planned for Paramount+.

“We’re excited to build upon our YA film slate for 2022 with Honor Society, a hilarious and bold coming-of-age comedy anchored by two of today’s hottest rising stars, Angourie Rice and Gaten Matarazzo. Viewers will absolutely fall in love with Honor’s wit, intellect, and tenacity, and we can’t wait for our audience to meet her,” Syrinthia Studer, EVP Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films, told Deadline.

“When David A.  Goodman’s script for Honor Society landed on my desk, I fell in love with Honor Rose. I am so very excited to bring this great story to life with the help of such a talented and passionate cast,” Zegman said.

Have any of you ever been accepted into your school’s Honor Society? If so, did you do anything nefarious to get there? I’ve never sabotaged another student’s work but I could see an academic getting crafty when faced with the possibility of getting left out of the group. After all, some people don’t know how to fail and will do just about anything to stay ahead of the curve. Let us know if Goodman’s Honor Society comedy sounds like fun to you in the comments section below.