Deadline has brought word that Rosa Salazar, star of the sci-fi action hits Alita: Battle Angel and the Maze Runner franchise, has signed on to star in and executive produce the upcoming sex-ed dramedy The Bang Bang Girls from Paradigm.
Production on The Bang Bang Girls is set to begin sometime this fall with Paradigm currently auctioning the rights to the project at Cannes.
The film, written and directed by Lauren Schacher (The Canyons) in her directorial debut, will follow a high school valedictorian who with the help of her two best friends tries to enlist the school’s new chemistry teacher to lead an after-school sex-ed class.
In addition to Salazar, the film will be produced by Bronwyn Cornelius, who recently was attached to the Alfre Woodard-led drama Clemency, and Stefan Nowicki, who previously produced the Jenny Slate indie dramedy hit Obvious Child and the over 40-year-developed Aretha Franklin documentary Amazing Grace.