Jenny Lumet will write Miramax Films' "This Strange Thing Called Prom" which Marc Platt is producing.
Based on a New York Times article by Brooke Hauser, the story focuses on the experiences of diverse immigrant students from areas like Haiti, Poland and Venezuela among others with different backgrounds whilst they try organize and attend a senior prom at the International High School in Brooklyn; something completely new to them.
Lumet's first screenplay "Rachel Getting Married," won the her the New York Film Critics Award. Miramax and Platt acquired the Times article shortly after it was first published on June 22 last year.