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Synopsis

DETENTION SUCKS BUT IT'S KILLER FUN: It's four years later, and a new group of students has been placed in Saturday detention at the infamous and prestigious Crestview Academy. When Siouxsie, sophomore 'undercrust,' crashes the party to avenge her sister's death, a Saturday detention reserved for the privileged seniors of Crestview Academy turns into a date in hell. It's not long before a naïve pussycat lover, gay drug dealer, smokin' hot preacher's daughter, squeaky-clean senator's son, and the uninvited outsider find themselves locked-up in school with no way out, wondering who (or what) has set them up. Hilarity and suspense ensue while each 'bad kid' pits one against the other, and one by one each falls victim to absurdly gruesome 'accidents' while trying to escape. (Based on the best-selling graphic novel sequel 'Bad Kids Go 2 Hell.')

NICHE African American, Asian American, LGBTQ, Hispanic, Latino, Native American, Women, Black, Youth

Details

• FILM CATEGORY

Narrative Fiction, Feature

• PRODUCTION LOCATION

U S A

• FILMING LOCATION

U S A

• MAIN DIALOGUE LANGUAGE

English

OFFICIAL WEBSITE https://crestview-academy.com

SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES http://facebook.com/badkidsofcrestviewacademy http://twitter.com/crestviewbadkid http://crestviewbadkid.tumblr.com http://instagram.com/crestviewbadkid

Cast & Credits (23)

Barry Wernick▼

SUBMISSION CONTACT, PRODUCER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WRITER, STORY, ADAPTATION, AUTHOR OF ADAPTED MATERIAL (GRAPHIC NOVEL)

Ben Browder▼

DIRECTOR, MAX RAINWATER (LEAD ACTOR)

Brad Keller▼

PRODUCER

James Hallam▼

PRODUCER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WRITER

Blair Pogue▼

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Stuart Wernick▼

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Colby Arps▼

BLAINE WILKES (LEAD ACTOR)

Drake Bell▼

BEN AKA "THE NAKED WIZARD" (LEAD ACTOR)

Erika Daly▼

SARA HASEGAWA (LEAD ACTOR)

Gina Gershon▼

SENATOR WILKES (LEAD ACTOR)

Matthew Frias▼

BRIAN MARQUEZ (LEAD ACTOR)

Sammi Hanratty▼

SIOUXSIE HESS (LEAD ACTOR)

Sean Astin▼

HEADMASTER NASH (LEAD ACTOR)

Sophia Taylor Ali▼

FAITH JACKSON (LEAD ACTOR)

Sufe Bradshaw▼

DR. KNIGHT (LEAD ACTOR)

Ali Astin▼

ETHEL (SUPPORTING ACTOR)

Ashlyn McEvers▼

ALYSON HESS (SUPPORTING ACTOR)

Cameron Deane Stewart▼

MATT CLARK (SUPPORTING ACTOR)

Charles Schner▼

CINEMATOGRAPHER/DP

Eric Whitney▼

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Errol Spat Oktan▼

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Matt Diezel▼

EDITOR

Jeff Cardoni▼

ORIGINAL MUSIC/COMPOSER

Technical Details

PICTURE FORMAT Color

ASPECT RATIO 1.78 (16x9 VIDEO)

SHOOTING FORMAT RED, Other

EXHIBITION FORMAT DCP

SCREENER FORMAT BLU-RAY

PRESS KIT

Director Statement

Ben Browder on his Directorial Debut:

You know I didn’t realize that I wanted to do it. I didn’t realize that everything I had done up to this point was basically preparing me to direct. And I absolutely loved it. It’s probably one of the most intense experiences I’ve had since shooting "." In many ways it’s also one of my most Farscap-ian type of experiences. A great deal of what I learned about filmmaking I picked up in Australia. I picked up from the Australian directors and from the crew and from the way we operated on the set of Farscape. I found myself going back to that model as a director, a collaborative and free-flowing environment that quite often you don’t see on American television shows, which are more top-down orientated. For me it was tremendous. I had way too much fun and was way too exhausted by the end of it... which to me felt a lot like Farscape.

Ben Browder DIRECTOR, MAX RAINWATER (LEAD ACTOR) IMDb PAGE » Ben Browder is an American actor, writer, and director born in Memphis, Tennessee. After a successful college football career, college theatrics and a degree in Psychology at in South Carolina, Ben moved to to study classical acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Ben's acting career started in Charlotte, where he was raised. In the late 60's he made TV commercials. In the late 70's he appeared in the children's movie Duncan's World playing Gates, one of Duncan's best friends. He worked as a guest on various TV series, TV pilots and movies before he got his first noted TV series role as Sam Brody in Party of Five's 3rd season beginning with episode 9, titled Gimme Shelter. In 1999, Ben got a major break as the star of the TV series Farscape in which he played astronaut and scientist John Robert Crichton. The series ran for four seasons on what was then known as the SciFi cable channel until 2002 when it was cancelled. After finding financing, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars was created to finish the Farscape series which had ended with a cliffhanger at the end of the 4th season. Ben also starred as Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell in the 9th and 10th seasons of the science fiction TV show SG-1 after series star and producer left the show. Since his return from Canada and the making of two movies for Bridge Studios (Ark of Truth and Continuum where he reprised his role as Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell), Ben has guest-starred on Arrow twice, , Chuck, and CSI. He also starred in a children’s film called The Adventures of Roborex (2014) and Dead Still (2014). Ben has been nominated for the genre industry's Saturn award five times. He took home the award in 2002 for Best Actor in a Television Series (Farscape) and again in 2005 for Best Actor on Television (Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars). Ben makes a few convention appearances each year. In 2012, that included the US and Australia. In 2013, he was in the US - Chicago Stargate Convention, Germany, New Zealand and Australia. Ben is married to actress Francesa Buller. They met in acting school in London. Ben and Francesca have two children.

Drake Bell BEN AKA "THE NAKED WIZARD" (LEAD ACTOR) IMDb PAGE » Drake Bell was born on June 27, 1986 in Santa Ana, , USA as Jared Drake Bell. He is known for his work on Drake and Josh, Ultimate Spider-Man (2012), (2008) and High Fidelity (2000). Though he had been acting since he was five, when he was filmed in his first commercial, Drake Bell (born Jared Drake Bell in Orange County, California) didn’t start playing the guitar until he was cast in the 2001 TV movie Chasing Destiny, also starring the Who’s , who gave the young performer his initial lessons. As a teenager, though Bell was focusing on acting, he continued to play music and write songs on the side, and after a program he was in, ’s , was canceled in 2002, and a spinoff, The Drake and Josh Show, was started (it first aired in 2004), Bell was able to finally show off his chops onscreen, writing the theme song, “Found a Way,” and playing an exaggerated version of his guitarist self-named Drake Parker. The show ran from 2004 to 2007 while in 2006, the first Drake and Josh TV film, “Drake And Josh Go Hollywood”, was brought to life and later in 2008, the second TV film “Merry Christmas Drake And Josh”. Heavily influenced by and , Bell released his debut, Telegraph, independently in 2005; soon after he signed to Universal, who put out his sophomore record, It’s Only Time, the following year. The live album, Drake Bell in Concert, appeared in 2008 and it wouldn’t be until 2011 that Bell would release any new material, with the stopgap EP A Reminder. Returning to the studio some two years later with childhood hero , Bell released his third album, the -inspired Ready Steady Go! on in April 2014. With music being his first love, Drake has just made the most rockin’ and exciting album of his career. Wait ’til you hear this collection of melodic pop, and at the same time hard-hitting rock n roll. Drake’s millions of fans around the world have been very happy with what they have heard. And so will you! His song Bitchcraft is the first end credit song in the movie "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy."

Gina Gershon SENATOR WILKES (LEAD ACTOR) IMDb PAGE » Since making her uncredited debut as a dancer in Beatlemania (1981), Gina Gershon has established herself as a character actress and one of the leading icons of American camp. For it was fourteen years after her movie debut that Gina made movie history as the predatory bisexual who was the leading light of a Las Vegas leg-line in director Paul Verhoeven's kitsch classic (1995). Exploding out of a plaster-of-Paris volcano clad in nothing but body makeup and a G-string, Gina Gershon obtained cinema immortality. After Showgirls (1995), she solidified her fearless reputation, playing a lesbian sexpot in the Wachovski Bros' neo-noir Bound (1996). Gina Gershon was born in the suburb of Woodland Hills, the last in a brood of three kids. Her mother, Mickey (Koppel), worked as an interior decorator, and her father, Stanley Gershon, was a salesman and worked in the import/export business. Her paternal grandparents were from Russian Jewish families, and her maternal grandparents were born in Holland and Belgium, both of them to Jewish families from Poland. Gina was raised in the , and got the acting bug early, appearing at the age of seven in a school production of (1963). Because of her acting ambitions, her parents moved to Beverly Hills so Gina could attend Beverly Hills High, where she indulged her acting jones by appearing in a student production of The Music Man (1962). Her first love, she says, is singing. After graduating from high school in 1980, she attended in , but took a part in the musical "Runaways". She transferred to , where she studied philosophy and psychology, but she graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts, taking a bachelor of fine arts degree in drama in 1983. In New York City, while perfecting her craft, she co-founded the theater company Naked Angels with . Her big-screen breakthrough came with a part in the 1986 "Brat Pack" teenage hit (1986). She also had parts in the vehicle Cocktail (1988) and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Red Heat (1988). Of this period, she says, "One of my first gigs, a movie called Cocktail (1988), I found myself at 8 in the morning, in bed, practically naked, having to make out with Tom Cruise; hmmmm... movie business - so far, so good". Citing 's song "My Way" as an inspiration, she says that following Cocktail(1988), "I was fortunate enough to play many diversified roles in film, television and stage. Not always to the liking of my managers and agents, but I always did what I wanted...." She played Nancy Sinatra, Frank's first wife, in the TV miniseries Sinatra(1992). Gershon is versatile, too, as at home on stage as she is in front of the camera. After appearing in off-Broadway and regional theater productions, she made her Broadway debut as a replacement in Sam Mendes' revival of (1972) in January 2001. For six months, she played the key role of "Sally Bowles", returning that October to reprise the role for another month. In 2008, she once again appeared on Broadway in the revival of the farce "Boeing Boeing" on Broadway, which won the Tony award for Best Revival. More recently her acting in Killer Joe brought her critical acclaim being nominated for best supporting actress by numerous associations and winning the award from the Toronto Film Critics Association. Gina Gershon also is a children's book writer. In 2008, Putmam Juvenile published her "Camp Creepy Time", a tale of a boy who discovers aliens at his summer camp, which she co-wrote with her brother, Dann Gershon. "Camp Creepy Time" recently was optioned by DreamWorks, which plans to turn it into a movie. In 2008, she also released "In Search Of Cleo", a CD featuring nine songs which she wrote or co-wrote.

Sammi Hanratty SIOUXSIE HESS (LEAD ACTOR) IMDb PAGE » Sammi Hanratty has been acting for more than half her life. She's had the pleasure of working with some of Hollywood's biggest names including Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis, Simon West, Barry Sonnenfeld, Jim Carrey, Robin Wright, Gary Oldman, Cary Elwes, Ray Liotta, Cuba Gooding Jr, Jon Hamm, and . 2013 was a busy year for Sammi. She wrapped principal production on three feature films, playing Patricia Heaton's daughter in the Sony film Mom's Night Out, the main character in the indie film Zoe Gone, and most recently, she starred alongside Olympia Dukakis and Nicolette Sheridan in The Christmas Spirit. In addition to the big screen, Sammi's extensive television credits include guest starring on AMC's award-winning series Mad Men, David E. Kelley's series Monday Mornings, working with director Simon West on The Saint, and starring in three concurrent recurring roles on CBS's The Unit, ABC's Pushing Daisies, and Disney's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

Sean Astin HEADMASTER NASH (LEAD ACTOR) IMDb PAGE » Sean Astin is well known for his film debut portraying Mikey in Steven Spielberg's (1985), for playing the title role in the critically acclaimed Rudy (1993), and for his role as the beloved Sam Gamgee in the Academy Award winning trilogy, : The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Astin was born Sean Patrick Duke on February 25, 1971 in Santa Monica, California. His mother is actress . At the time of his birth, his biological father was believed to be entertainer Desi Arnaz Jr., but Astin discovered through a DNA test in the 1990s that his biological father is music promoter Michael Tell, who was married to Patty Duke in 1970. Sean was raised by his stepfather, actor , who married Patty Duke in 1972 and whose surname Sean took. Sean's mother has Irish and German ancestry, and Sean's biological father is of Austrian Jewish descent. At age nine, Sean starred with his mother in the after-school special Please Don't Hit Me, Mom (1981). Followed by Sean's feature debut The Goonies (1985) and since then, he has had a steady stream of roles. Starring in Toy Soldiers (1991), Where the Day Takes You (1991), Rudy (1993) and the Showtime movie Harrison Bergeron (1995). He directed and co-produced the short film Kangaroo Court (1994), which was nominated in the best short film category at The 67th Annual (1995 )(TV)_. Sean's adoptive father John Astin was nominated for the same award in 1969. Politically, Sean has been very active having served in two non-partisan Presidential appointments. Sean also hosts a live weekly 2 hour in-studio bi-partisan political radio talk show, 'Vox Populi Radio' which was made possible by a successful crowd-funding campaign in 2013. In 2004, Sean broke into the publishing world and authored the NY Times Best Selling release of 'There and Back Again' a memoir of his film career (co-written with Joe Layden). Sean attended Crossroads High School for the Arts and studied with the famous . He graduated with honors from UCLA; B.A. in History & B.A. in English American Literature and Culture. Sean is married to Christine Astin, his co-producer on Kangaroo Court (1994). The couple lives in Los Angeles.

Sufe Bradshaw DR. KNIGHT (LEAD ACTOR) IMDb PAGE » Chicago native Sufe Bradshaw was born into a family of nine siblings, learning early on the value of hard work and dedication from her Sicilian dad and her mother of Ghanain roots. She began her acting odyssey at the Los Angeles City Theatre Academy, where she earned a degree in Theatre. Soon after her intensive study at The Academy, she went on to train with Ben Guillory at The Robey Theatre, as well as Lee Strasberg's prestigious Actor's Studio, moderated by Martin Landau. Bradshaw continued to refine her craft with The Meisner Technique, along with intensive sessions in cold reading with Jimmy DiStefano, Allan Miller's rehearsal workshop, and Wallace Audition Techniques. Bradshaw has been featured in stage productions around Los Angeles including The Nat Turner Rebellion, A Raisin in the Sun, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, The Glass Menagerie, Hamlet, Summer and Smoke, and Burn This. Bradshaw's first network television appearance was on the CBS drama Cold Case, and made appearances on 's sketch comedy series Mind of Mencia (), and MTV's The Hard Times of RJ Burger. Soon after, she booked her first feature film in the 2006 independent drama "Speechless," followed by the 2007 television movie "Mr. Jackson's Neighborhood." She also appeared in J.J. Abram's blockbuster "," as well as the Wayans Brothers "Dance Flick." Those exciting roles led to a string of projects, including a role in the Hallmark movie "Fixing Pete." The spirited actress' career soon turned and she began booking roles on a variety of popular television shows, including: ER (NBC), Bones (FOX), Prison Break, FlashForward (ABC), and Trust Me (TNT). Now, Bradshaw stars alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, and Tony Hale in the upcoming comedy on HBO, playing the no-nonsense character Sue. In addition to VEEP, Bradshaw is in development on a documentary titled "New Leaves" about troubled youth and the choices they make to either do the right thing or not. Coming from a family of seven siblings, Bradshaw has a personal interest in this subject matter. In her spare time, Bradshaw is also a activist, having worked for the last five years volunteering for Humanity for the Homeless. For the last six years, she has been participating in the Humanitarian Day event in Downtown Los Angeles where people get together and gather clothes and food for the homeless as well as volunteering at local soup kitchens. She has also mentored teens for an acting and dance program called Voices Unheard at Fairfax High School, and is a founding member of The Actor's Lounge, an open mic project for recently relocated actors who need a place to perform. She has also found creative fulfillment practicing the art of for the last 10 years, reading alongside some of America's premiere poets, including many from Russell Simon's "." In addition to this, Bradshaw does spoken word performances at the Greenway Court Theatre, which is part of the Greenway Art Alliance - a non-profit organization that offers visual and performing arts education for public high school students in Los Angeles. On a more personal note, one of Bradshaw's favorite hobbies is yoga, which she has been practicing for the last year under her teacher, Brent Laffoon. She says that it has changed her life and loves the idea that "it is not about what you are doing, but who you are being." Sufe currently resides in Los Angeles.

Jeff Cardoni ORIGINAL MUSIC/COMPOSER IMDb PAGE » Jeff Cardoni’s talents range from intimate independent fare to full orchestral majesty. With over 30 feature film scores and several network series to his credit, one can hear his work worldwide every day. His unique ability to cross genres has made him a powerful player in the film composing industry. Jeff originally studied classical piano, while playing percussion in school orchestra. But it would be that would lead him to Los Angeles in 1997. After a brief stint as lead guitarist for the Warner Bros. band "Alien Crime Syndicate", Jeff left to pursue film scoring full time. He worked under several Hollywood composers including John Murphy (Snatch, ) and Christopher Tyng (, The O.C.) while studying conducting and orchestration at UCLA. He has received several ASCAP Film and Television Awards for his work on the worldwide hit CSI: Miami and was nominated for an Ariel Award for his score to the 2005 feature 7 Dias. His body of work ranges from studio features films such as Just Friends for New Line, Open Season 3 for Sony, Firehouse Dog for Fox, Miss March, and the latest in the American Pie franchise, to television scores such as the CBS drama The Defenders with James Belushi, Wilfred starring , The League on FX, and the worldwide Jerry Bruckheimer produced hit CSI:Miami. He has also worked extensively in independent film, including the Sundance hit The Vicious Kind, directed by Lee Toland Krieger and produced by Neil Labute and Oscar nominated director Roland Joffe’s You and I. Other highlights including creating a new live score for the 2011 Super Bowl on Fox, recorded with an 80-piece orchestra in the world famous Dvorak Concert Hall in Prague. Jeff is also an active songwriter, penning the theme songs to MTV’s hit “Pimp My Ride”, MadTV on Fox, and FX’s The League, with songs appearing countless films, including several on camera songs in the hit "Gotham" for Fox, "Hard Knock Life" with in Austin Powers: Goldmember, Harold & Kumar 2, Eurotrip, The Sweetest Thing with , A Walk To Remember, New York Minute, National Lampoon's Senior Trip and many others. He also produced several songs with Jon Lajoie for the upcoming soundtrack album to The League, and recent albums by indie pop artist Jules Larson, which have appeared recently on the soundtrack to The Lucky One. He also produced and mixed a recent Lexus spot for the seminal indie rock band "The Pixies". Recent scores include the latest in the worldwide dance franchise, Step Up: All In (Summit/), Mike Judge's hit "Silicon Valley" for HBO, and the upcoming drama feature "The Confirmation", directed by Oscar Nominated Bob Nelson () and starring Clive Owen and Maria Bello.

Production Notes Sundance Hit Composer Scores "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy" Jeff Cardoni scored the movie "Where the Bad Kids Go." He has worked extensively in independent film, including the Sundance hit The Vicious Kind, directed by Lee Toland Krieger and produced by Neil Labute and Oscar nominated director Roland Joffe’s You and I. He has received several ASCAP Film and Television Awards for his work on the worldwide hit CSI: Miami and was nominated for an Ariel Award for his score to the 2005 feature 7 Dias. His body of work ranges from studio features films such as Just Friends for New Line, Open Season 3 for Sony, Firehouse Dog for Fox, Miss March, and the latest in the American Pie franchise, to television scores such as the CBS drama The Defenders with James Belushi, Wilfred starring Elijah Wood, The League on FX, and the worldwide Jerry Bruckheimer produced hit CSI:Miami.

Hanratty Reunions on set of "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy" Sammi Hanratty and Sean Astin reunite on the set of "Where the Bad Kids Go," after they had previously acted together most recently in "Mom's Night Out" and "Amazing Love." Hanratty also reunites with Drake Bell, having previously guest starred on Drake and Josh. Hanratty and cinematographer Charles Schner are no strangers either, as reunite Hanratty worked in front of the camera as a recurring role on the hit WGN America series Salem while Schner operated Camera on many of the same episodes.

He's back... Will there be a third installment? Cameron Deane Stewart reprises his role as Matt Clark, the lone survivor from the detention 4 years earlier, in a surprise reveal at the end of the movie "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy" signaling a possible third comic book series/movie in the "Bad Kids" franchise. New Nash and Wilkes - True to Comic Book Movies As is the case in many comic book movies, characters are often played by different actors. In the case of "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy," Sean Astin replaced as Headmaster Nash, and Gina Gershon replaced Eloise Dejoria as former Governor and now Senator Wilkes.

Browder Directorial Debut Ben Browder, Sci-Fi legend actor and writer, known world-wide for his roles in Farscape and Stargate SG-1, makes his directorial debut while reprising his role as Max Rainwater in "Bad Kids of Crestview Acdemy."

Hush Hush - In for a Big Surprise For the first movie in the Bad Kids comic book/movie franchise, "Bad Kids Go to Hell" much was written up in the trades about how the creators had broken the Hollywood mold by sharing information daily of what was going on with preproduction, production, and post production, as well as at comic cons. This time around, the production made a 180 degree turn and have been "hush hush" as to the goings-on with production of the movie, heightening the fan's anticipation for the second movie, "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy."

Hollywood Royalty: Father-Daughter Tandem Play Opposite Each Other Hollywood Royalty: Father-Daughter tandem teamed up to play opposite each other for the first time, as Sean Astin and daughter Ali Astin play the comedic roles of Headmaster Nash and Ethel "Blowfish" Banducci in " Bad Kids of Crestview Academy."

Production Stills:

Ben Browder, director of “Bad Kids of Crestview Academy.”

Sammi Hanratty as Siouxsie Hess in "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy."

Gina Gershon as Senator Wilkes in “Bad Kids of Crestview Academy.”

Sean Astin as Headmaster Nash in "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy."

Drake Bell as Ben aka "The Naked Wizard" in "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy."

Ben Browder as Max Rainwater in "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy.”

Sufe Bradshaw as Dr. Knight in "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy."

Ali Astin as Ethel "Blowfish" Banducci in "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy."

Bad Kids of Crestview Academy Left to Right: Erika Daly as Sara Hasegawa, Sammi Hanratty as Siouxsie Hess, Colby Arps as Blaine Wilkes, Sophia Taylor Ali as Faith Jackson, Matthew Frias as Brian Marquez.