The film follows the story of Jonah, The film follows the story of Jonah, a silver-tongued and overweight kid with low self-esteem who meets Hana, a Japanese female janitor at his school – and an ex Sumo wrestler.
Deadline is reporting that Veep creator and Oscar nominee Armando Iannucci (In the Loop, The Death of Stalin, The Thick of It) is teaming up with producer Yann Zenou (Intouchables, The Death of Stalin) on Sumo, a coming-of-age comedy that takes place in the world of amateur Sumo wrestling.
Natalie Bailey (Avenue 5, The Thick of It) is on board to direct.
Along with a pedantic and friendless building manager, the unlikely trio set about building a Dojo, and training for the US Sumo Open.