Cannes: 'Jojo Rabbit' Star Thomasin McKenzie to Play Ballet Dancer Joy Womack in 'Joika'
Leave No Trace breakout and Jojo Rabbit star Thomasin McKenzie is set to play American ballet dancer Joy Womack in James Napier Robertson's Joika,among the new projects being sold at the upcoming online Cannes market. The film will shoot in Thomasin's native New Zealand — where production is "already safely underway" according to the New Zealand Film Commission — with the filmmakers set to "utilize digital technology to navigate ongoing pandemic restrictions." Joika is based on the true story of Joy 'Joika' Womack, one of a handful of foreigners — and only two U.S.