“Night School” Adaptation Heading to NBC

Kevin Hart, Romany Malco, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Al Madrigal, Rob Riggle, and Anne Winters in "Night School"

NBC has handed out a pilot order to a series adaptation of the Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish film Night School.

It is reported that the series centers on a group of adults at a night school GED prep class who unexpectedly bond over their shared experience and find themselves helping each other both inside and outside of the classroom. 

Hart, in addition to starring, co-writing and producing the 2018 film, will executive produce the pilot along with Will Packer and the film’s director Malcolm D. Lee. 

The Night School series adaptation is NBC’s first official pilot order of the season.