Emile Hirsch and Annamarie Kasper in 'Lice.' Courtesy of Highland Film Group Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment High school can really get under your skin, as Emile Hirsch is discovering in this exclusive first look image from the horror-comedy Lice. Hirsch stars in the film, which is in post-production, as a burned-out science teacher, Mr. Shanker, whose school is thrown into chaos when a parasite begins infecting the student body, turning the teenagers into maniacs. The uninfected students and staff are left to reign in the chaos and get to the bottom of the illness - a possible government experiment gone wrong. And, in a first look at the film, Hirsch's Mr. Shanker is clearly not having a good time. Elsewhere in the movie, from director Jonathan Bensimon, are the overwhelmed and over-imbibing Principal Van (Justin Long) and Detective Sikorski (Kevin Connolly), who is working outside the school grounds to contain the outbreak before it consumes the entire town. Connelly is pulling double duty, producing under Connolly's ActionPark Productions banner, with Jeremy Alter and Gary Goldman also acting as producers. Anthony Musella and Lizze Gordo wrote the screenplay for Lice, which is for sale out of the Toronto Film Festival with Highland Film Group handling international sales. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Heat Vision Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' Gets the 'Art & Making of' Book Treatment (First-Look) Toronto International Film Festival 2025 'Julian' Review: A Lesbian Couple Takes on an Unfair World in a Poignant Belgian Drama of Queer Love, Loss and Bravery Universal Chloé Zhao on Why She Took a Four Year Break From Filmmaking and Signed on to 'Hamnet' Only After Meeting Paul Mescal Willem Dafoe Toronto Film Festival: THR's Studio With Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal and More Peter Safran David F. Sandberg to Direct New 'Amityville Horror' Movie for Amazon MGM Studios Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen's Lifestyle Couldn't Kill Him. 'Platoon' Nearly Did. Heat Vision Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' Gets the 'Art & Making of' Book Treatment (First-Look) Toronto International Film Festival 2025 'Julian' Review: A Lesbian Couple Takes on an Unfair World in a Poignant Belgian Drama of Queer Love, Loss and Bravery Universal Chloé Zhao on Why She Took a Four Year Break From Filmmaking and Signed on to 'Hamnet' Only After Meeting Paul Mescal Willem Dafoe Toronto Film Festival: THR's Studio With Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal and More Peter Safran David F. Sandberg to Direct New 'Amityville Horror' Movie for Amazon MGM Studios Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen's Lifestyle Couldn't Kill Him. 'Platoon' Nearly Did.