Netflix’s new fantasy film The School for Good and Evil, based on the international bestselling series by Soman Chainani, will premiere on the streaming service on Friday, October 21, 2022. Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, A Simple Favor) and David Magee adapted Chainani’s work for the screen, and Feig directs.
The film stars Kerry Washington, Charlize Theron, Sophia Anne Caruso, and Sofia Wylie. Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young, Peter Serafinowicz, Rob Delaney, Mark Heap, Patti LuPone, and Rachel Bloom also star.
The large ensemble includes Earl Cave, Demi Isaac Oviawe, Freya Parks, Kaitlyn Akinpelumi, Holly Sturton, Emma Lau, Briony Scarlett, Ally Cubb, Rosie Graham, Joelle, Chinenye Ezeudu, Oliver Watson, Ali Khan, Myles Kamwendo, and Misia Butler.
Joe Roth, Jeffery Kirschenbaum, Jane Startz, Paul Feig, and Laura Fischer produced, with Stephen Jones, Zack Roth, Chris Castaldi, Soman Chainani, and Patrician Riggen executive producing.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix: In the village of Gavaldon, two misfits and best friends, Sophie (Caruso) and Agatha (Wylie), share the unlikeliest of bonds. Sophie, a golden-haired seamstress, dreams of escaping her dreary life to become a princess, while Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and offbeat mother, has the makings of a real witch. One night under a blood red moon, a powerful force sweeps them away to the School for Good and Evil — where the true stories behind every great fairy tale begin.
Yet something is amiss from the start: Sophie is dropped into the School for Evil, run by the glamourous and acid-tongued Lady Lesso (Theron), and Agatha in the School for Good, overseen by the sunny and kind Professor Dovey (Washington). As if navigating classes with the offspring of the Wicked Witch (Parks), Captain Hook (Cave), and King Arthur (Flatters) wasn’t hard enough, according to the Schoolmaster (Fishburne), only true love’s kiss can change the rules and send the girls to their rightful schools and destiny. But when a dark and dangerous figure (Young) with mysterious ties to Sophie reemerges and threatens to destroy the school and the world beyond entirely — the only way to a happy ending is to survive their real life fairytale first.
