Jack Black in ‘Faculty of Rock’
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Jack Black is completely down for a Faculty Of Rock sequel.
Greater than 20 years after the beloved musical comedy, directed by Richard Linklater, premiered in 2003, the actor-comedian just lately advised JOE that he’s “prepared” to reprise his position as energetic musician Dewey Finn.
“I want there’d be a Faculty Of Rock 2 Electrical Boogaloo,” he stated, referencing the film title of the 1984 sequel to Breakin’.
Faculty Of Rock follows Dewey, who grew to become a substitute instructor at an uptight elementary non-public college after being kicked out of his rock band. However alongside the best way, he tries to show his class into their very own rock band. The movie additionally starred Mike White, Joan Cusack, Adam Pascal, Lucas Papaelias, Chris Stack, Sarah Silverman and Miranda Cosgrove.
Black additionally admitted that he want to see the unique movie’s author, White, return to pen the script for the hypothetical sequel. Nevertheless, he acknowledged that White, who starred as Dewey’s roommate Ned Schneebly, is kind of busy writing and directing his Emmy-winning HBO collection The White Lotus.
“You realize Mike White wrote the primary one and he’s a genius,” Black stated. “And we’d must have Mike White again within the saddle, however he’s actual busy proper now with [The] White Lotus, one of the best present on TV.”
The White Lotus, which has featured a star-studded solid in previous seasons, together with Jennifer Coolidge, Sydney Sweeney and Theo James, has begun filming its third season. It’s set to happen at a resort chain in Thailand.
Whereas it doesn’t appear to be a follow-up movie to Faculty Of Rock can be in improvement anytime quickly, Nickelodeon did create a TV present primarily based on the film, which ran for 3 seasons from 2016 to 2018. A stage musical adaptation additionally opened on Broadway in 2015 however closed in 2019.