Sam Richardson and Zoë Chao are joining Rebel Wilson in the high school comedy Senior Year. Justin Hartley, Angourie Rice, Mary Holland and Chris Parnell will also star.
Alex Hardcastle are directing the comedy based on a spec from Andrew Knauer and Arthur Pielli.
The story follows a cheerleader who wakes up after a 20-year coma and returns to high school to try to regain her status and claim the prom queen crown that eluded her. Jeremy Stein and Jake Wagner are exec producing.
Wilson also is producing along with Todd Garner and Chris Bender. Brandon Scott Jones is writing the script
Cast roles haven’t been announced.
Paramount Players has committed to creating hit genre films from unique, contemporary voices and properties and with Paramount Pictures tapping former Fox exec Jeremy Kramer to oversee the studio last year, development has begun to ramp up since the top of the year.