The School For Good and Evil images welcomes students into a dark and enchanted fantasy world

As enrollment applications continue to dwindle at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Netflix is preparing to welcome would-be magic wielders into a dark fantasy world of enchantment, wicked spells, and happily ever afters. Fairy tale heroes and villains, prepare to strut your stuff as Entertainment Weekly rolls out a gallery of The School For Good and Evil images.

Based on the epic international best-selling fantasy novel series by Soman Chainani, The School For Good And Evil stars Kerry Washington, Charlize Theron, Sophia Anne Caruso, Sofia Wylie, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young, Peter Serafinowicz, Rob Delaney, Mark Heap, Patti LuPone, and Rachel Bloom.

Here’s the official synopsis for The School For Good and Evil:

In the village of Gavaldon, two misfits and best friends, Sophie (Sophia Anne Caruso) and Agatha (Sofia Wylie), share the unlikeliest of bonds. Sophie, a lover of fairy tales, dreams of escaping her ordinary village life, while Agatha, with her grim aesthetic, has the makings of a real witch. Then one night, under a blood-red moon, a powerful force sweeps them away to the School for Good and Evil — where the true story of every great fairy tale begins. Yet something is amiss from the start: Sophie is dropped into the School for Evil, run by the glamorous and acid-tongued Lady Lesso (Charlize Theron), and Agatha in the School for Good, overseen by the sunny and kind Professor Dovey (Kerry Washington). 

As if navigating classes with the offspring of Cinderella, Captain Hook, and the dashing son of King Arthur (Jamie Flatters) wasn’t hard enough, according to the Schoolmaster (Laurence Fishburne), only true love’s kiss can change the rules and send the girls to their rightful school. But when a dark and dangerous figure (Kit Young) with mysterious ties to Sophie reemerges and threatens to destroy the school and the rulebook entirely — the only way to a happy ending is to survive the fairytale first.

Paul Feig directed The School For Good and Evil and worked closely alongside Chainani to bring the fan-favorite series to life on the small screen. Together, the duo established a visually splendiferous world that ignores the natural world’s rules and restrictions. Speaking with EW about the creative process, Feig said, “I was really jonesing to get to work with visual artists to create something new,” he says. “If you look at all my movies, you’ll notice I always take on a different genre every time. I want to work my way through all the genres, but fantasy was never a genre that I thought I would end up doing. It is a hard genre to do, and is a very specific genre. But once I read this and could visualize the world of it, it was really fun.”

In The School For Good and Evil images, we see the film’s elaborate costumes, breathtaking school grounds, and a gala that makes the Beast’s Castle look like a one-star Airbnb for Mouseketeers. I can’t wait to see what manner of mischief is managed when The School For Good and Evil casts a spell on Netflix on October 19th.

What do you think about today’s The School For Good and Evil images? Would you enroll at this mysterious and enticing place of study? Are you good or evil? Let us know in the comments section.