The Head of the Class reimagined reboot has officially been picked up to series at HBO Max!
One Day at a Time‘s Isabella Gomez will lead the gender-swapped new show, which will be given 10 episodes, Deadline reports.
The series revolves around a group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a first-time teacher, Alicia Adams (Gomez), who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.
Isabella‘s Alicia is a whip-smart, funny, blunt high school teacher we all wish we had. A former GPA junkie, Alicia thought she had the world all figured out when she was in school. Teaching for the first time, Alicia’s is figuring out what she really wants in life.
Find out who else has been cast in the upcoming new show, which will begin production this summer.
Katie Beth Hall is heading to class in the upcoming Head of the Class reboot at HBO Max!
The newly 16-year-old will play Sarah Watson in the new series, Variety reveals.
Sarah is “on the swim team with Terrell and is a type A personality that’s driven to create her own destiny.”
Katie is joining a great cast, which includes Isabella Gomez in the lead role as Alicia Adams, as well as Jorge Diaz, Dior Goodjohn, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Brandon Severs, and Christa Miller.
Head of the Class is a gender-swapped and revolves around a group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a first-time teacher, Alicia Adams (Gomez), who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.
Katie has previously been seen in TV shows Happy!, Better Call Saul and Bull. She will also be starring in the upcoming Home Alone remake!
Jolie Hoang-Rappaport is about to become your new favorite actor!
The 14-year-old actress, who you might recognize from Just Add Magic and Cousins For Life, stars in the new HBO series Watchmen as Bian.
Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.
We caught up with Jolie and learned the coolest 10 Fun Facts about her. Check them out below!
- Watchmen was the first time I ever had to cry for an audition and in a show. I was a wreck preparing for it, but the casting director and the director of the episode were really supportive. I felt accomplished afterwards, and completely exhausted the rest of the day.
- My favorite on location shoot ever was when I filmed near a small alpaca farm for Watchmen. I got to pet and feed goats, mini donkeys, chickens, and pigs. Ever since then, I dream of owning a small farm one day.
- I practice Krav Maga, which is a form of self-defense created by the Israeli military. I forgot my gloves and split my knuckles from punching the pads two days before the Watchmen premiere.
- I started out professionally in musical theatre when I was eight years old. I played a Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas and an angry dwarf in A Snow White Christmas. Those experiences cemented my love for acting and led to what I’m doing now.
- I went scuba diving in the Maldives with my family last winter break and swam with sharks and stingrays. I even spotted a gigantic turtle that I was the size of my kitchen table. I love the ocean, and I’m currently studying marine biology.
- Italy is on the top of my travel wish list. Mainly, so I can eat pasta and gelato at every meal. I also want to visit the olive grove in Tuscany where my parents got engaged.
Watchmen airs Sundays at 9PM ET/PT on HBO.
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Jolie Hoang-Rappaport wears a black and white outfit while attending the premiere of Watchmen held at The Cinerama Dome on Monday (October 14) in Los Angeles.
The Cousins For Life actress was joined at the premiere by her young co-stars Lily Rose Smith and Adelynn Spoon.
“Such an amazing night at the @watchmen red (blue) carpet premier!!! Thank you @hbo and the team at @jpervistalent for believing in me!!! @watchmen premiers THIS Sunday on @hbo at 9pm! Don’t miss it!!!” Lily wrote on Instagram.
Jolie is keeping busy. In addition to Watchmen premiering on October 20th, she also has the Prime Video show Just Add Magic, which has a special coming out on October 25th!
FYI: Lily is wearing an Un_Deux_Trois dress and Dr. Martens boots.
