Hurray for Nickelodeon! The American basic cable and satellite television network has recently announced its plans to bring the sleeper hit "School of Rock" to the small screen. The new series, Hitflix reported, will feature 13 episodes, and that the show will begin production in the fall.
For anyone who is not familiar with the 2003 film, the movie starred Jack Black in a breakthrough role as a wannabe rock star who posed as a substitute teacher at a private school and revised a class's entire school curriculum into a syllabus of rock and roll subjects.
Nickelodeon Content and Development President Russell Hicks said in a statement, "'School of Rock' is one of those great movies that always felt quintessentially Nickelodeon in its tone and humor, and we jumped at the opportunity to partner with Paramount Television and bring it to life as a TV series. Once again, kids will be able to laugh and rock!"
TIME magazine said that the "School of Rock" series has tapped the original director and producer of the film, Richard Linklater and Scott Rudin, to lead the film. Jim and Steve Armogida are set to also produce and write the series.
But the biggest question is, would Jack Black reprise his role as the passionate but oftentimes no-gooder, Dewey Finn?
Nickelodeon has said that they will be hiring a new set of actors who will be fulfilling the roles of the characters in the original film, which may include Black's character. However, a Hollywood.com article cited Black's interview with New York Page Six, of which he expressed his wish for studio bosses to make a much-awaited sequel of the film.
He said, "I wish (a sequel would happen). I tried really hard to get all the pieces together. I wouldn't want to do it without the original writer and director, and we never all got together and saw eye-to-eye on what the script would be. It was not meant to be, unfortunately. But never say never."
Although the sequel did not happen then, Black and the rest of the cast, including the young kid actors who played his band members in the film, reunited a year later in time for the film's tenth year anniversary, the Huffington Post reported then. Miranda Cosgrove, who played band manager Summer Hathaway, took photos of the occasion and shared them on Instagram.
Black has yet to comment on the upcoming television series. Since Nickelodeon has tapped most of the original people to work on the show, there is no doubt that producers might extend an invitation to the actor to help develop the series.