PREVIEW: He’s All That (12A TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Addison Rae (Spy Cat), Tanner Buchanan (Max Winslow and the House of Secrets), Myra Molloy (film debut), Madison Pettis (Do You Believe?), Peyton Meyer (Gibby), Isabella Crovetti (Magic Camp), Rachael Leigh Cook (She’s All That), Kourtney Kardashian (film debut), Andrew Matarazzo (West Hollywood Motel), Annie Jacob (Fist Fight), Vanessa Dubasso (After We Collided), Dominic Goodman (White Devil), Romel De Silva (Vikes)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Mark Waters (Mean Girls), director; R. Lee Fleming Jr. (She’s All That), writer; Jennifer Gibgot (17 Again) and Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers), producers; Rolfe Kent (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), composer; John Guleserian (Love, Simon), cinematographer; Travis Sittard (That Evening Sun), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After a humiliating fallout with her boyfriend, high school girl Padgett Sawyer (Rae) seeks to avenge herself by accepting a near-impossible challenge to turn her nebbish and unpopular classmate Cameron (Buchanan) into prom king. However, as Padgett’s attempts start working, she and Cameron soon begin to form a genuine connection…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The hit 90s teen rom-com She’s All That is remade with the genders swapped, allowing for new and exciting possibilities to emerge from this classic storyline.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH AUGUST 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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