Billy Bob Thornton in School for Scoundrels

Martin D'Anjou
Crédit:

The American star will team with Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) in the remake of the successful film from the 1960s.

Todd Phillips (Starksky & Hutch, Old School, Road Trip), who is a specialist of comedies, will direct the film.

In the flick, Thornton will play a teacher who falls in love with the same woman as his student.

Filming for School for Scoundrels is set to begin in New York and Los Angeles in October.  A release is planned for next spring.