Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Into the Wild), Justin Long (Barbarian, Goosebumps), and Kevin Connolly (Entourage) are set to star in Connolly’s horror film ‘Lice.’

Connolly’s ActionPark Productions, alongside partner Patrick Marino, are making their feature film debut with a gruesome throwback to ‘80s high school classics. Production begins this week in Canada.

The movie is described as a horror mashup of ‘The Breakfast Club’ and ‘Lord of the Flies,’ and follows a deadly parasite outbreak at a Long Island high school in the 1980s.  When the school goes under military lockdown, the itch-crazed students turn on each other in a desperate struggle to survive.

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Hirsch will star as burned-out science teacher Mr. Shanker, who finds new purpose as he investigates the bloodthirsty mites, Justin Long as Principal Van, a man who is out of his depth and soon out of his mind, and Connolly as the tenacious Detective Sikorski, the desperate cop on the outside racing against time to contain the outbreak before it consumes the entire town.

Director/Cinematographer Jonathan Bensimon makes his feature directorial debut with a script written by Anthony Musella and Shaun Harris (The Hemingway Thief), from an original concept by Connolly. The film is produced by Connolly, Jeremy Alter, and Gary Goldman, who recently collaborated on Entourage creator Doug Ellin’s Ramble On, which starred Charlie Sheen, Connolly and Kevin Dillon.

Hirsch is best known for starring in films such as ‘Into the Wild,’ ‘Speed Racer,’ ‘Lone Survivor’ and Oscar-nominated films ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ and ‘Milk.’

Long recently starred in the first season of the Disney+/Hulu anthology series ‘Goosebumps,’ Indy horror film ‘Night Patrol’ and crime thriller ‘Stranglehold.’ He recently wrapped production on the survival thriller ‘Coyote.’

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