Jack White to provide music for new Kinks musical?

Screen Daily reports that Kinks front man Ray Davies has been appointed as an executive director of the film, which is being produced by Howard Gertler and Tim Perell of Warp Films. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, who will direct the film, has penned the script based on the record. The article confirmed the courting of White to "re-record the music," and said the film could be a German co-production.

Goldthwait's script tells the story of a gang of unruly schoolboys who are constantly up to no good, when one day the gang's leader is humiliated by his headmaster and vows to fight "the establishment." He later becomes Mr. Flash, the villain of the Kink's albums "Preservation Act 1" and "Preservation Act 2."

It's a tale that will appeal to anyone who feels they have been treated unfairly, either as a youth or as an adult, all set to some of the greatest rock songs in history.

According to the album’s liner notes, 'Schoolboys in Disgrace' is the story of "a naughty little schoolboy" who is turned into a hard and bitter character after a public punishment in front of the whole school for getting himself into "very serious trouble with a naughty schoolgirl." That naughty boy grows up to be Mr. Flash, the villain from Preservation.

Goldthwait said. "It's the genesis story of a super-villain set to music. It's the story of the world's most charming criminal and a realistic high school musical for all the kids who hate sugary, sweet, unrealistic high school musicals."