Troop Zero

Troop Zero is a 2019 American comedy-drama film, directed by Bert & Bertie, from a screenplay by Beasts of the Southern Wild co-writer Lucy Alibar and inspired by Alibar's 2010 play Christmas and Jubilee Behold The Meteor Shower. The film stars Viola Davis, Mckenna Grace, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Epps, Charlie Shotwell, and Allison Janney.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on February 1, 2019.

Plot
A group of elementary-school misfits led by spunky outcast Christmas Flint (Mckenna Grace) join forces to infiltrate the high-and-mighty Birdie Scouts youth group in order to win a talent show.

Cast

 * Viola Davis as Rayleen
 * Mckenna Grace as Christmas Flint
 * Jim Gaffigan as Ramsey Flint
 * Mike Epps as Dwayne Boudraux
 * Charlie Shotwell as Joseph
 * Allison Janney as Miss Massey
 * Kenneth Wayne Bradley as Big Eddie
 * Johanna Colón as Smash
 * Edi Patterson
 * Ashley Brooke as Piper Keller
 * Milan Ray as Hell-No
 * Bella Higginbotham as Anne-Claire
 * Kai Ture' as Ginger

Production
In February 2018, it was announced Viola Davis had joined the cast of the film, with Bert & Bertie directing from a screenplay by Lucy Alibar. Todd Black produced the film, which Amazon Studios will distribute. In March 2018, Mckenna Grace joined the cast of the film. In April 2018, Allison Janney and Jim Gaffigan joined the cast of the film. In May 2018, Mike Epps, Charlie Shotwell and Edi Patterson joined the cast of the film. In June 2018, Johanna Colón, Ashley Brooke, Milan Ray, Bella Higginbotham, and Kai Ture' joined the cast of the film. Troop Zero marks the second film together for Janney and Grace, who co-starred in the 2017 biopic I, Tonya.

Filming
Principal photography began in May 2018 at Fairview-Riverside State Park in Madisonville, Louisiana, with additional photography completed in Luling, Louisiana.

Release
It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on February 1, 2019.