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JoJo Siwa and Paramount Both Exit Will Smith-Backed YA Movie ‘Bounce’

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Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterDigital sensation JoJo Siwa has bounced from her planned feature film debut.The YouTuber, “Dancing with the Stars” contestant and highly visible LGBTQ figure told Variety that she is no longer attached to a movie adaptation of “Bounce,” based on the YA book by Megan Shull.

Furthermore, insiders familiar with the project said that Paramount Pictures has also removed the project from its development slate.“That project got put on hold, and then went away,” Siwa told Variety at the GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday. “It wasn’t the one.”The project fell apart months ago, sources said, and its demise is not related to Smith’s assault of comedian Chris Rock at this year’s Academy Awards.

First announced in the summer of 2020, the film was brought to the studio by producer Caleb Pinkett (“Cobra Kai,” “Charm City Kings”).

His sister Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith were reported to be attached as producers at the time, before the formation of their content company Westbrook.

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