Scripted by Skins writer Jack Thorne and Skins creator Bryan Elsley, the film is scheduled to go into production later this month after open auditions were held nationwide.
This news follows four hugely successful seasons on E4; the latest of these finishing with the highest ratings of any series so far.
Director of Company, Charlie Pattinson, believes that bringing a film version to the big screen is the obvious next step for this franchise;
“Given the huge amount of support from the ever expanding fan base of the series, we feel that we can go much further and produce yet another unique Skins experience”
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