When a baby kangaroo gets accidentally swept up in a jewelry heist, she becomes separated from her mother for the first time in her young life in the family film JOEY & ELLA, arriving on DVD and everywhere movies can be rented July 27 from Lionsgate. Jennifer Michele (Just My Luck with Sophia and Maya), Ashton Leigh (“Ambitions) and Britt Allen (L.I.F.E.) star in this adventurous and heartwarming story of a baby kangaroo and a young girl.
SYNOPSIS
This crazy family comedy begins as two bumbling jewel thieves lose the mysterious Mazinski Diamond. The jewel is pocketed by a baby circus kangaroo that escapes to a nearby barn and is found by Ella, a lonely teen who names the critter Joey. But the magical gem causes Joey to grow quickly and gain the power of speech! Soon the thieves, the cops, and Joey’s owners are all hunting for the mischievous roo and the alien crystal. If Ella and new boyfriend Luke want to get Joey to safety in time, they better get hoppin’!
