Paramount Pictures is set to spank Shakespeare, as they have tapped Daniel Lagana to adapt the young-adult book Spanking Shakespeare.

It will be based on the debut novel by New York-based eight-grade teacher Jake Wizner, centering on Shakespeare Shapiro, who chronicles his quest to get into college and find a girlfriend. The book was published in paperback in October.

The film is being produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein via Gotham Group alongside Mark Canton. The pair had previously teamed up for The Spiderwick Chronicles.