Toronto: Hugh Jackman (RealHughJackman) comedy BadEducation nabbed by HBO TIFF19
, a film that stars Hugh Jackman as real-life figure Frank Tassone, the charismatic Roslyn School District superintendent who became embroiled in an epic case of fraud. Allison Janney and Ray Romano also star.-esque film chronicles an infamous school-larceny scandal that rocked Long Island in the early aughts. Mike Makowsky wrote the screenplay.
The film made its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 8 and received a raucous response at the Princess of Wales Theatre. A source pegged the deal at $20 million.
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