Have you ever wondered how good guys are so good at being good and how evil guys are so good at being evil? It's because they went to school for it, of course!
In 2022, The School for Good and Evil is open for enrollment.
Netflix's live adaptation of the successful novel franchise will reach our screens. The rights for the book adaptation were originally owned by Universal Pictures and have been in the works for the past 11 years. The production for the film only moved forward when Netflix acquired the rights for the film, and a new team was brought on board to put things in motion.
Now that the movie is out, here is everything we know about The School for Good and Evil.
Table of Contents
- The School for Good and Evil Release Date: When Will the Netflix Movie Come Out?
- The School for Good and Evil Cast: Who are the Actors Included in the Film?
- The School for Good and Evil Crew: Who are the Creatives Behind the Scenes?
- The School for Good and Evil Plot: What Will be the Movie's Plot?
- The School for Good and Evil Trailer: Is There a Trailer for The School for Good and Evil?
- The School for Good and Evil in Tudum
- How Well Did The School for Good and Evil Perform?
- Where to Watch The School for Good and Evil: Where Can I Watch the Movie?
The School for Good and Evil Release Date: When Will the Netflix Movie Come Out?
Netflix announced the release date for The School for Good and Evil during Geeked Week 2022 - the show premiered the streaming service by October 21, 2022.
There have been reports that the production process for the movie started around January 2021, and by April 27, 2021, the cast and crew were spotted shooting at the Belfast Harbour Studios. Most of the scenes for the film were shot in various locations around Northern Ireland. By May 2021, a bulk of the principal photography was completed, with filming concluding around July 2021.
The School for Good and Evil Cast: Who are the Actors Included in the Film?
Some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry will join the cast for The School for Good and Evil.
Sophia and Agatha
Sophie Anne Caruso will play one of the lead characters of the film, a young lady unironically named Sophia. Caruso came from a theatre background, starring in several plays on Broadway, including Beetlejuice, where she rendered a memorable performance as Lydia Deetz. The other main character of the film, Agatha, is played by Sofia Wylie, who is probably best known for her stint in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
The School for Good and Evil Faculty
Laurence Fishburne will play the School Master along with other renowned stars, such as Kerry Washington, who will play Professor Dovey.
The other Hollywood personalities who are part of the cast have previously released successful shows on Netflix like Charlize Theron, the lead actor in The Old Guard, who will play Lady Lesso, and Michelle Yeoh, star of the upcoming The Witcher prequel, The Witcher: Blood Origin, who will play Professor Anemone. We get to see our first look at Professor Anemone on August 18 through a photo posted on the movie's official Instagram page.
The Rest of the School for Good and Evil
Kit Young from the Shadow and Bone series is also part of the cast as Rafal.
You will also see Ben Kingsley, Earl Cave, Jamie Flatess, Mark Heap, and Chinenye Ezeudu in the film, along with Rob Delaney and Rachel Bloom.
The School for Good and Evil Crew: Who are the Creatives Behind the Scenes?
Paul Feig will be directing The School for Good and Evil. Feig has directed a number of comedy hits like the 2016 version of Ghostbuster, The Heat, Spy, and Bridesmaids. The School for Good and Evil is based on the novel with the same title by Soman Chainani. Chainani also wrote the screenplay with David Magee.
Siam Costumes International prepared the clothes for the film, while NVIZ takes credit for the special effects.
The School for Good and Evil Plot: What Will be the Movie's Plot?
As we mentioned earlier, The School for Good and Evil follows Soman Chainani's novel with the same title. It is the first out of the six volumes that make up the entire series.
The book tells of two girls who live in the village of Gavaldon, where every four years, on the eleventh night of the eleventh month, two 12-year-old children are chosen and taken away to the School of Good and Evil. This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are picked to attend the school, but things are not how they dreamed it up to be.
Fair-haired Sophie, who always dreamed of being whisked away to School to be a princess in love with a handsome prince, becomes a student for the School of Evil to become a Never, while Agatha, filled with insecurities and hopelessness from her graveyard home, becomes a student for the School of Good to become an Ever.
Was there a mistake? Or was this the way things have always been destined to be?
We have to wait and see if the film will follow the original premise of the novel and what changes will be followed, if there are any.
Listen to The School for Good and Evil on Spotify
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The School for Good and Evil Trailer: Is There a Trailer for The School for Good and Evil?
The School for Good and Evil trailer was released on September 13, 2022. In the trailer, we see Sophie and Agatha as they were whisked away to live a life beyond what they expected.
The first time Sophie Anne Caruso and Sofa Wylie watched the trailer together was captured on video. The clip was posted on the show's official Instagram page.
The School for Good and Evil Official Trailer 2
Netflix released the second trailer for the series on October 12, 2022.
2022 Movie Preview
The film is part of the 2022 Movie Preview released by Netflix. More films are featured in the movie preview with The School for Good and Evil, such as The Gray Man, The Adam Project, Day Shift, Spiderhead, First Kill, The Mother, and Slumberland.
You can watch Netflix's Movie Preview here:
Netflix released the official teaser for the series earlier today. The teaser finally showed us our first glimpses of Sophia and Agatha and how the two girls were first brought into the school. You can watch the teaser here:
The School for Good and Evil Poster
On June 6, 2022, the key artwork for the show were released. During Geeked Week, author Soman Chainani said that the visuals of the show remained faithful to his visions for the novel.
The School for Good and Evil in Tudum
The School for Good and Evil is already making lots of waves and this quick look into the drama (and the fashion) of the series makes waiting for the premiere even more agonizing.
How Well Did The School for Good and Evil Perform?
The School for Good and Evil performed relatively well upon its release on Netflix, ranking as the top movie in many countries.
The series was well-received by the general audience, but critics would have loved to see a deeper exploration of the film. The School for Good and Evil earned a 75% audience score out of 500+ reviews but with a comparatively low score of 35% on the Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes.
The overall critics' consensus from RT reads:
The cast is game and the visuals are dazzling, but a deeply derivative narrative menas The School for Good and Evil flunks on the storytelling front
Other reviews shared the same opinions of the show and were more relatively optimistic. The New York Times wrote:
To that end the film often gets meta in the cheekiest ways, whether it’s Agatha snapping to the voice-over narration (by Cate Blanchett), “You know we hear you narrating, weirdo,” to Sophie dismissing a character with the quip, “The protagonists are speaking.” But the film doesn’t have the space to expand all of its ideas and gracefully unfold its plot, which is full of so many narrative twists and reversals that “The School for Good and Evil” equates to a whole TV season untidily packed into a feature film.
Where to Watch The School for Good and Evil: Where Can I Watch the Movie?
You can watch The School for Good and Evil exclusively on Netflix now that the film is released. The film is one of the titles included in Netflix's Geeked Week 2022, along with Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, Resident Evil, and The Umbrella Academy.
It took a while before The School for Good and Evil received the adaptation it deserves. The film has a new fantastical world we can't wait to explore, and we have high hopes that the film will be everything we expect it to be and more.