Awesomeness Films Greenlights ‘Honor Society’ Starring Angourie Rice, Gaten Matarazzo, & Christopher Mintz-Plasse
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Production has begun on Honor Society, a new live-action horror film from Awesomeness Films. Angourie Rice (Mare of Easttown, Spider-Man: No Way Home) has top billing as the titular character Honor, with Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things, Prank Encounters) and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Super Bad, Kick-Ass) also leading.The film—written by David A.
Goodman (Family Guy, The Orville)— tells the story of Honor, 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).Rounding out the top three student competitors are Amy Keum (What a Drag, Evil) and Armani Jackson (Chad, Grey’s Anatomy) who portray Kennedy Smith and Travis Biggins, respectively.The planned release for the project—currently shooting in Vancouver, British Columbia— is late 2022 via Paramount+.Honor Society will be directed by Oran Zegman and executive produced by The J Team’s Rob French.
Production of the film at Awesomeness is overseen by Syrinthia Studer, Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films, and Fred Lee, Director of Development.“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.
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