Goodman also will executive produce. Dre Ryan will supervise and executive produce. Halsey will co-executive produce.

Henry - mixed feelings. He was a cinnamon roll hiding behind the mask of a Player and I liked that. But I also didn’t like how passive he was. I think it's important to see a "softer" male character like him. He was definitely a unique character and he brought in a lot of new aspects, but he also got on my nerves so much. Finally--because I'm rambling at this point--the final resolution left me feeling cold. There is a red herring thrown in that a teacher (a former Player himself) killed Shaila. This comes about when Jill remembers a rumor that the teacher was sleeping with a student, she believes the student is Shaila, the teacher is arrested, he is later cleared as he has an alibi for the night Shaila was murdered. But...that doesn't explain the rumor that he was sleeping with *a* student. It isn't until present day we are led to believe it was Shaila. But the rumor existed before Shaila was murdered. So...did he sleep with a student?Can I just say that this premise was enough to get me hooked? The words “private school”, “murder”, and “drama” are like book chocolate to me. Don’t even get me started on “intrigue”. Five hundred and twenty-three Gold Coast Prep students, ages six to eighteen, raise their voices. Even the new kids, who were instructed to memorize the stupid words before they even set foot on campus. It was just announced today and it’s the BEST NEWS. We can 100% see Halsey playing the role of Rachel Calloway perfectly.

Now it’s senior year, which means Jill and her friends are now the leaders of the Players. It’s their time to host the best parties, choose the next freshmen Players, and get into their dream colleges. Everything is exactly as it should be until Graham Calloway withdraws his confession and claims he didn’t kill Shaila. Could Graham be telling the truth? What actually happened that night? A pristine infusion of Gossip Girl and Netflix's Elite, this prep-school thriller has it all: plaid skirts, secret societies, and a gripping murder mystery, but paired with an adept critique of the powers and privileges that goeth before the fall.”– Elle They say only the good die young, but that’s just a stupid line in a song we used to sing. It isn’t real. It isn’t true. I know that because Shaila Arnold was so many things – brilliant and funny, confident and wild. But honestly? She wasn’t all that good.”

The Players are the chosen elite who pinnacle the Gold Coast prep school's social hierarchy. They are more than the most popular students though and they do more than throw the wildest parties. The Players have access to test answers, have their chosen college admissions guaranteed, and the futures they desire provided for them. They also have the task of ensuring those next in line sacrifice everything they are to get this place, just like they did. Now, it’s Jill’s senior year and she’s determined to make it her best yet. After all, she’s a senior and a Player–a member of Gold Coast Prep’s exclusive, not-so-secret secret society. Senior Players have the best parties, highest grades and the admiration of the entire school. This is going to be Jill’s year. She’s sure of it. The project originated with Sweeney who found the book, published on August 4 by Razorbill. The book was optioned by Endeavor Content and Crazyrose through the companies’ production and finance deal. and yes—some of the pops are more intense than these, including the one that led to shaila’s death, but for the most part it's silly stuff the achievement of which doesn’t seem commensurate with the supposed rewards of being a player. You may be wondering why we are here, why we start every year in this very space.” He pauses and wipes a tissue across his forehead. The air conditioning whirs on overdrive, but he still glistens with sweat under the bright stage lights. “It is because we want to take time to remember one of our best, one of our brightest, Shaila Arnold.”