Exclusive: Deadline has learned that CAA has inked writer-director Zoé Wittock.
Wittock’s feature directorial debut Jumbo made its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
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The pic follows Jeanne, a shy young woman, who lives at home with her uninhibited bartender mother and works the graveyard shift as a cleaner at an amusement park. Her mother wants her to meet a man, but Jeanne prefers tinkering in her bedroom with wires, light bulbs, and spare parts, creating miniature versions of theme park rides. During her late-night shifts she begins spending intimate time with the alluring new Tilt-a-Whirl ride that she decides to call Jumbo.
Wittock’s feature directorial debut Jumbo made its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
More from DeadlineUTA Makes "Immediate & Painful" Pay Cuts As Coronavirus Hobbles HollywoodFrankie Shaw To Direct T Kira Madden's 'Long Live' Memoir; Bow & Arrow Financing The FeatureMatthew McConaughey, Ali Larter, CAA, Steve Ballmer Foundation Among Lausd Backers
The pic follows Jeanne, a shy young woman, who lives at home with her uninhibited bartender mother and works the graveyard shift as a cleaner at an amusement park. Her mother wants her to meet a man, but Jeanne prefers tinkering in her bedroom with wires, light bulbs, and spare parts, creating miniature versions of theme park rides. During her late-night shifts she begins spending intimate time with the alluring new Tilt-a-Whirl ride that she decides to call Jumbo.
- 3/24/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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