Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journalfollows the story of outcast high school senior Carson Phillips who blackmails the most popular students in his school into contributing to his literary journal to bolster his college application; his goal in life is to get into Northwestern and eventually become the editor ofThe New Yorker.

At once laugh-out-loud funny, deliciously dark, and remarkably smart,Struck By Lightningunearths the dirt that lies just below the surface of high school.

The filmStuck By Lightningfeatures Colfer’s own original screenplay. Colfer also stars in the film alongside Allison Janney, Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Hyland, and Polly Bergen.