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EXCLUSIVE: Dark Star Pictures has acquired the North American distribution rights to Zoe Wittock’s Jumbo. The French-language coming-of-age love story is eyeing a theatrical release for fall 2020. Dark Star's president Michael Repsch negotiated the deal with Pip Ngo of XYZ Films. Jumbo, which stars Noémie Merlant (Port…

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. The pic follows Jeanne, a shy young woman, who lives at home with her uninhibited bartender…