Richard Linklater to direct Mike White's <i>School of Rock</i> (6347)

Legendary indie director Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Waking Life) has signed on to direct School of Rock, scripted by out writer Mike White (The Good Girl, Chuck & Buck), reports Variety. The comedy will star Jack Black as a musician who moonlights as a substitute teacher and how his unorthodox pedagogic style shakes up a stodgy private school.