10 Things I Hate About You the film, Gil Junger, directed many of the episodes including the pilot while the film's music composer, Richard Gibbs, also returned to do the show's music. The series was adapted and produced by Carter Covington. The show premiered on July 7, 2009, and lasted 20 episodes. The film is a retelling of William Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew" in an American high school setting. Screenwriters Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith also wrote the script for "She's the Man" (2006), a retelling of Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night" set in an American college. Kat and Bianca share the same names
10 Things I Hate About Life was added to the cast of the film to star as lead. On November 14, 2012 Evan Rachel Wood joined the film to play the lead role. On November 30, 2012 Élodie Yung joined to star along with Wood. On January 14, 2013 Billy Campbell also joined the cast of the film. The shooting was set to start in November 2012 in Los Angeles. However, shooting actually commenced a month later, on December 17, 2012, in LA, where Wood was spotted on the set during the filming. Wood was again spotted during filming on January 6, 2013 in Malibu, after