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Paramount Pictures is set to spank Shakespeare, as they have tapped Daniel Lagana to adapt the young-adult book Spanking Shakespeare.

It will be based on the debut novel by New York-based eight-grade teacher Jake Wizner, centering on Shakespeare Shapiro, who chronicles his quest to get into college and find a girlfriend. The book was published in paperback in October.

The film is being produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein via Gotham Group alongside Mark Canton. The pair had previously teamed up for The Spiderwick Chronicles.

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Shakespeare is in for a spanking on the big-screen, as Paramount Pictures is gearing up to adapt the young-adult novel Spanking Shakespeare.

Based on the debut work of Jake Wizner, the feature will tell the story of Shakespeare Shapiro, who chronicles his quest to get into college and find a girlfriend in his memoir, a writing project that every high school senior must complete.

The movie is being produced by Mark Canton and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein for Nickelodeon Movies.

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