Jason Reitman and his Right of Way Films banner have optioned movie rights to "
Elliot Allagash," a novel by Simon Rich.
"Allagash," which offers a satiric take on private schools and the excesses of the rich, centers on Seymour Herson, a boy who is regularly picked on at his private school. He is taken under the wing of the book's title character, a teen who regularly gets drunk and enjoys villainy.