Fox Searchlight snatched up the audience favorite, which was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The husband and wife team have directed music videos but "Little Miss Sunshine" marks their entry into feature films.
"Little Miss Sunshine" was written by Michael Arndt and stars Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano and Greg Kinnear.
In a statement issued by Fox Searchlight, studio president Peter Rice, “This is what Sundance is all about…To find this perfect gem of a movie that can be experienced with an enraptured audience. We look forward to sharing it with the world.”
Fox Searchlight plans on releasing "Little Miss Sunshine" this summer.
"Little Miss Sunshine" - Official Synopsis:
"Little Miss Sunshine" tells the story of the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families ever seen on motion picture screens. Together, the motley six-member family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarrely funny landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.
SOURCE: Fox Searchlight
