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Has The Unteachables Book Been Adapted Into A Movie?

Heard rumors about a film adaptation of Gordon Korman's novel The Unteachables. Can any fans confirm if a movie version exists yet?
2025-07-08 19:58:10
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LouAnn Horrison
LouAnn Horrison
I have not heard of ‘The Unteachables’ being turned into a movie. While it is a book, ‘The Teacher’s Obsession’ is another story about teachers and their complicated situations with students. This story follows a mentor with an unhealthy, personally-motivated obsession with a student. It is a tense and unsettling psychological drama that is very grounded.
2026-08-03
Blake
Blake
Would this be a movie too? There’s been no announcement for it, so I’ll keep holding out hope. It’s just a really well written book of really funny and heartwarming stories of a bunch of misfit kids in a class, with an unwilling teacher at the helm. It’s the kind of book that would translate really well to screen with the right director. I’d love Taika Waititi to make it into a film, it’s the kind of quirky and offbeat feel that would suit this book perfectly. Until then, I’ll just have to keep hoping and reading it over and over again.
2025-07-09
Ryder
Ryder
Just for the record, ‘The Unteachables’ by Gordon Korman has not yet been made into a movie. ‘The Unteachables’ is a fantastic, humorous and heart-warming book for the middle-grade reader and it would make a fantastic movie. The story follows a group of ‘unteachable’ students and their rather unwilling teacher, Mr. Kermit. They are a very funny bunch and get up to all sorts of humorous situations as well as learning some very important lessons along the way.

I think it would take a while for the studios to find the ‘voice’ of The Unteachables but if done right it could be just as good as School of Rock or The Bad Guys. I have seen loads of castlists for a possible film, with loads of people wanting to play Mr. Kermit. I would love to see Bill Murray or Steve Carell play him, that would be so brilliant! Please make it happen.
2025-07-09
Lillian
Lillian
‘The Unteachables’ by Alexandra Lapierre is one of my favorite books. Although there is no news of an adaptation being produced, I would love for it to be made into a film as the director would really be able to bring out the strengths of the novel, particularly the characters of the students in Room 117 and their individual struggles as well as their growth throughout the novel. It would also be great to see Mr. Kermit’s journey of a burnt-out teacher to someone who really cares about his students in more depth.

I want the movie to keep the same amount of sarcasm and seriousness as the book and I want them to focus a lot on the team scenes because they are my favorite and so much fun to read. You could really bring out the backgrounds of each of the students in a movie and that would be really cool. But until then, I will continue to recommend this amazing book to everyone.
2025-07-14
Gemma Gordon
Gemma Gordon
I am surprised that there are no movie adaptations of this book. It is very commercially successful and has a very clear three-act structure, which makes it perfect for a movie. I suppose it could be in development hell, where a studio has bought the option to make a movie but it has not yet been given the green light. This can happen to a book for a long time and it is very frustrating for the author. Some of the themes in this book could be tricky to adapt to the screen, particularly the labeling of the kids as ‘unteachable’ and how that is laughed at. This would need to be done very sensitively to avoid offense. I think that this would require a very sensitive writer and director. As yet, no one has managed to crack the code to this book, but that doesn’t mean that it will never happen, just not yet.
2026-07-31

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