JIMMY

The biopic JIMMY covers the stretch of Jimmy Stewart's life between Hollywood triumph and Bedford Falls: the Best Actor Oscar for The Philadelphia Story, his enlistment as an Army Air Corps pilot, the 20 combat missions over Europe that made him a colonel, and the shaken veteran who came home to make It's a Wonderful Life. KJ Apa plays Stewart for director Aaron Burns, working from Justin Strawhand's screenplay, and the studio-era figures around him go to familiar faces: Max Casella as Frank Capra, Jason Alexander as Louis B. Mayer, Sarah Drew as Hedda Hopper and Neal McDonough as Stewart's father. Stewart's daughter Kelly is an executive producer.