Jack Black teases School of Rock sequel: ‘I’m prepared’

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Jack Black has mentioned he is able to make a School of Rock sequel and desires Mike White, the brains behind HBO’s The White Lotus, again to jot down it.

Black performs Dewey Flint, a fledgling guitarist-turned-substitute instructor, within the 2003 musical comedy alongside fellow stars Joan Cusack, Mike White and Sarah Silverman. White additionally wrote the script.

Flint rapidly notices the musical expertise of his 10-year-old college students and kinds a rock band in an try to win the celebrated Battle of the Bands contest.

“I wish there’d be a School Of Rock 2 Electric Boogaloo. I’m ready,” Black mentioned in an interview with JOE, referencing the title of the 1984 dance movie sequel Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Despite being a commerical success making over $130m worldwide, School of Rock by no means had a sequel. The movie did encourage a Broadway adaptation in 2015 whereas Nickelodeon additionally created an unrelated tv spin-off, which ran for 3 seasons.

He added: “You know Mike White wrote the first one and he’s a genius.

“And we’d have to have Mike White back in the saddle, but he’s real busy right now with [The] White Lotus, the best show on TV”.

While plot particulars of the potential sequel weren’t mentioned, the 2003 movie left off with a cheery Battle of the Bands victory. Dewey turns into an everyday music tutor within the wake of his success and the rock band are flooded with report deal gives.

The public consideration School of Rock obtained additionally resulted in some younger solid members being bullied, it emerged following a twentieth anniversary retrospective of the movie in Rolling Stone.

Stars who spoke out about destructive experiences included Joey Gaydos Jr, who performed lead guitarist Zack “Zack-Attack” Mooneyham, and Rivkah Reyes, the rock band’s bassist.

Reyes mentioned she felt “really, really sick and really, really mentally unwell and using anything I could to feel nothing” for a decade following the movie’s success. She is now 5 years sober and again to work as an actor.

Before the bullying experiences emerged, Jack Black had instructed Entertainment Tonight that School of Rock was “the highlight of my career”.

Kevin Clark, the drummer for The School of Rock band within the authentic movie, died in 2021 after being hit by a automotive whereas biking.

Black just lately reprised his main position as Po in Kung Fu Panda 4, which is main field workplace charts and involves UK cinemas subsequent week, 28 March.