The film School of Rock was released in 2003.
Richard Linklater directed the comedy, which was written by Mike White and stars Jack Black as Dewey Finn. After being fired from his band, Dewey pretends to be a substitute teacher at the prestigious Horace Green prep school.
Instead of following a normal curriculum, he recruits talented fifth-graders into a rock band and prepares them for the Battle of the Bands. The film mixes classroom comedy with music while emphasizing teamwork, creativity, and confidence.
School of Rock opened in the United States on October 3, 2003. It earned about $131.3 million worldwide from a reported $35 million budget. A Broadway musical adaptation opened in December 2015, and a Nickelodeon television adaptation ran for three seasons from 2016 to 2018.