Based on a true story, Bad Education involves a student reporter who uncovers an embezzlement scandal at the Roslyn School District, in Long Island. Hugh Jackman plays the superintendent of the district who attempts to set things right - via a cover-up. Needless to say, things get messy. Allison Janney and Ray Romano co-star in the feature, which is headed to HBO. Dig the trailer below.

After the film's casting announcement, critics were immediately fascinated by Bad Education and its real-life premise. The movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2019 to positive reviews and was then purchased by HBO, where it will debut on April 25. (It is not to be confused with Pedro Almodovar's 2004 murder mystery, also titled Bad Education, which stars Gael García Bernal).



The HBO film's writer and coproducer Mike Makowsky has a personal connection to the massive embezzlement scandal at the center of the story: he graduated from Roslyn High School, where the crime went down in the early 2000s. At the time, the Long Island school district was one of the most prestigious in suburban New York.

Bad Education, debuting Saturday, April 25 on HBO