Avril Lavigne's 'Sk8er Boi' To Be Adapted To Film

[Wednesday, May 28th, 2003]
Paramount Pictures is to bring singer Avril Lavigne's hit single Sk8er Boi to the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter. David Zabel has been hired to adapt the words into a feature film.

The song, which captures the divide between cliques and cultures, is about a teenage girl who rejects a skater boy with a crush on her because her friends didn't approve of him -- even though she secretly likes him. Years later, he becomes a famous rock star and she is left with regrets.

The film, also titled Sk8er Boi, is said to be true to the spirit of the song and will focus on the two teens from different backgrounds and the social constraints in which they find themselves.

The project, though not a musical, will have a heavy musical component in the style of the studio's previous hits 'Flashdance', 'Footloose' and 'Save the Last Dance'.

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