‘Scary Teacher’ Game Gets Movie Adaptation With Hollywood Studio Vet

EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood vet Joe Roth, the former Fox and Disney chairman, and his producing partner Jeff Kirschenbaum, are partnering with writers Cory Todd Hughes and Adrian Speckert to develop a feature adaptation of digital horror game Scary Teacher.

Based on the hit franchise created by Z & K Games, Scary Teacher has billions of views across various YouTube channels. Centered on the character Miss T, an intimidating teacher who terrorizes students Nick and Tani, the game “combines horror, comedy and stealth gameplay as players infiltrate Miss T’s house, avoid her traps and devise elaborate pranks while uncovering the secrets hidden inside her home”.

Hughes and Speckert will write the screenplay, which is being described to us as a “faithful and elevated horror take on the property that will retain the franchise’s signature combination of suspense, dark humor and coming-of-age emotion.”

Producers will no doubt be looking to ride the wave for viral YouTube horror content such as Backrooms.

“Everyone remembers at least one teacher who made school feel impossible,” Hughes and Speckert said in a joint statement. “High school is one of the most formative and often most intimidating periods of our lives. Scary Teacher gives us an opportunity to explore those universal anxieties through the lens of an entertaining horror film while telling a story about growing up, overcoming fear and finding the courage to stand up for yourself. We’re incredibly excited to work alongside Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum, RK Films and the creators of the franchise to bring Miss T, Nick and Tani to audiences around the world in a way that longtime fans will love while introducing entirely new audiences to this unforgettable world.”

Studio vet Roth is known for producing on tentpole franchises including Fast And The Furious and Maleficent. Roth and Kirschenbaum also produced hit rom-com Anyone But You. Meanwhile, So It Goes Entertainment is also in development on video game adaptations Chained Together with Anton and Finding Frankie with 13 Films. Hughes and Specker’s script Foster, starring James Franco and Ron Perlman, is in post.

Hughes and Speckert are represented by IAG and TFC Management.