GKIDS Films has released the first trailer for My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea, an animated comedy from cartoonist Dash Shaw. Featuring the voices of Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph and Susan Sarandon, the film follows a group of students attempting to escape a disaster. It’s part disaster movie spoof, part teen comedy, part satire, and also looks pretty surrealistic.
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea debuted at TIFF and will be released in select theaters on April 14th.
Dash (Jason Schwartzman) and his best friend Assaf (Reggie Watts) are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti (Maya Rudolph). But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys’ friendship, Dash learns of the administration’s cover-up that puts all the students in danger. As disaster erupts and the friends race to escape through the roof of the school, they are joined by a popular know-it- all (Lena Dunham) and a lunch lady (Susan Sarandon) who is much more than meets the eye, in this wild send-up of disaster cinema, high school comedy and blockbuster satire.
