EXCLUSIVE: After winning a pair of Emmys as director and executive producer of Netflix ‘s lauded limited series Adolescence , Philip Barantini is eyeing another outing with the streamer as director and producer of Hell Jumper , a feature adaptation of the award-winning 2024 documentary of the same name, sources tell Deadline.

Reps for Netflix declined to comment. Directed by Paddy Wivell and originally distributed by Fremantle, Hell Jumper tells the story of civilian volunteers risking their lives to rescue people trapped by the war in Ukraine. At the heart of the doc is Chris Parry, a 28-year-old from Cornwall who leaves behind his ordinary life and puts his life on the line to drive into active combat zones and evacuate civilians.

Matthew Orton penned the script for the f

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