Exclusive: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) has been tapped to star in Hot Frosty, a holiday rom-com that Jerry Ciccoritti (My Life with the Walter Boys) is directing for Netflix.
Others set to star include Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek), Craig Robinson (Killing It), Joe Lo Truglio (Brooklyn 99), Katy Mixon (Mike & Molly), Lauren Holly (Dumb and Dumber) and Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset).
Written by Russell Hainline (The Santa Summit), the film picks up with Cathy two years after losing her husband, as she magically brings a handsome snowman to life. Through his naïveté, the snowman helps Cathy to laugh, feel and love again, as the two fall for each other just in time for the holidays…and before he melts.
Joel S. Rice and Michael Barbuto are producing for Muse Entertainment. Aren Prupas...
Others set to star include Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek), Craig Robinson (Killing It), Joe Lo Truglio (Brooklyn 99), Katy Mixon (Mike & Molly), Lauren Holly (Dumb and Dumber) and Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset).
Written by Russell Hainline (The Santa Summit), the film picks up with Cathy two years after losing her husband, as she magically brings a handsome snowman to life. Through his naïveté, the snowman helps Cathy to laugh, feel and love again, as the two fall for each other just in time for the holidays…and before he melts.
Joel S. Rice and Michael Barbuto are producing for Muse Entertainment. Aren Prupas...
- 5/13/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Olivia Holt (Totally Killer), Connor Swindells (Barbie), Lucy Punch (Motherland) and Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy) are in production in London on Jingle Bell Heist, a new rom-com that Michael Fimognari (To All the Boys franchise) is directing for Ace Entertainment.
Written by New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter Abby McDonald (Bridgerton), with additional writing by Amy Reed, the film follows Sophia (Holt) and Nick (Swindells), two small-time thieves who discover they’re chasing the same job — robbing one of London’s most infamous department stores on Christmas Eve. Now, they must reluctantly team up, but as their feelings for each other deepen, the secrets they keep may ultimately put their relationship and the heist in jeopardy.
Matt Kaplan is producing for Ace Entertainment, which is also financing the feature, with Christopher Foss, Matthew Janzen, Aubrey Bendix, and Braden Bochner overseeing production for the company. Mark Lane...
Written by New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter Abby McDonald (Bridgerton), with additional writing by Amy Reed, the film follows Sophia (Holt) and Nick (Swindells), two small-time thieves who discover they’re chasing the same job — robbing one of London’s most infamous department stores on Christmas Eve. Now, they must reluctantly team up, but as their feelings for each other deepen, the secrets they keep may ultimately put their relationship and the heist in jeopardy.
Matt Kaplan is producing for Ace Entertainment, which is also financing the feature, with Christopher Foss, Matthew Janzen, Aubrey Bendix, and Braden Bochner overseeing production for the company. Mark Lane...
- 12/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ben Levin, who has recurred for the past two seasons on Legacies, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3 of the CW drama series.
Levin plays Jed, the Salvatore School’s werewolf Alpha, who must work to reassemble the pack and repair the damage done to his friendships in the wake of Malivore’s most devastating attack. Levin has appeared in 13 episodes over the first two seasons.
A spinoff of The Originals, Legacies features characters from both series and its predecessor, The Vampire Diaries. The series stars Danielle Rose Russell as 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, descended from some of the most powerful vampire, werewolf and witch bloodlines. She attends the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted, where fellow supernaturals learn to hone their skills.
Legacies is produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios in association with My So-Called Company, with executive producers Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries...
Levin plays Jed, the Salvatore School’s werewolf Alpha, who must work to reassemble the pack and repair the damage done to his friendships in the wake of Malivore’s most devastating attack. Levin has appeared in 13 episodes over the first two seasons.
A spinoff of The Originals, Legacies features characters from both series and its predecessor, The Vampire Diaries. The series stars Danielle Rose Russell as 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, descended from some of the most powerful vampire, werewolf and witch bloodlines. She attends the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted, where fellow supernaturals learn to hone their skills.
Legacies is produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios in association with My So-Called Company, with executive producers Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries...
- 9/30/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
After focusing on The Exorcist, Poltergeist, The Omen, The Crow, and Twilight Zone: The Movie in its first season, Cursed Films will spotlight a different set of yet-to-be-revealed films in 2021, as Shudder has renewed the documentary series for a second season:
Press Release: August 6, 2020 — Shudder today announced the season two pickup of hit docu-series Cursed Films, written, directed and executive produced by Jay Cheel (How to Build a TIme Machine). Cursed Films explores the facts and legends around iconic films and franchises whose casts and crews have been struck by misfortune and tragedy. The first season examined The Omen, Poltergeist, The Exorcist, The Crow and Twilight Zone: The Movie. Season two, now in production and set to premiere in 2021, will turn its focus to a new group of “cursed” films whose titles will be revealed at a later date.
“Season one of Cursed Films captivated audiences with its thoughtful but...
Press Release: August 6, 2020 — Shudder today announced the season two pickup of hit docu-series Cursed Films, written, directed and executive produced by Jay Cheel (How to Build a TIme Machine). Cursed Films explores the facts and legends around iconic films and franchises whose casts and crews have been struck by misfortune and tragedy. The first season examined The Omen, Poltergeist, The Exorcist, The Crow and Twilight Zone: The Movie. Season two, now in production and set to premiere in 2021, will turn its focus to a new group of “cursed” films whose titles will be revealed at a later date.
“Season one of Cursed Films captivated audiences with its thoughtful but...
- 8/6/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Former Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger star Olivia Holt is returning to Freeform as a lead in Cruel Summer, the network’s upcoming thriller drama series, which was previously titled Last Summer.
In the series, from Bert V. Royal, Jessica Biel and eOne, Holt will play one of the two lead characters, Kate, the embodiment of teenage perfection whose life is one to be envied until she mysteriously disappears. The role was played in the pilot by Mika Abdalla.
Cruel Summer, which was picked up to series in January, is described as an unconventional thriller. It takes place over three summers — 1993-95 — in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate (Holt), is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette (Chiara Aurelia), goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America. Each episode is...
In the series, from Bert V. Royal, Jessica Biel and eOne, Holt will play one of the two lead characters, Kate, the embodiment of teenage perfection whose life is one to be envied until she mysteriously disappears. The role was played in the pilot by Mika Abdalla.
Cruel Summer, which was picked up to series in January, is described as an unconventional thriller. It takes place over three summers — 1993-95 — in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate (Holt), is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette (Chiara Aurelia), goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America. Each episode is...
- 5/18/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
We're just gearing up for the spooky season, but that doesn't mean we don't have more to look forward to.
The holidays are just waiting for everyone to deck the halls, and Freeform is leading the charge with its Kickoff to Christmas marathon! Before we're ready for the network's beloved 25 Days of Christmas programming, we'll have a November full of fun. The schedule features seasonal favorites like Home Alone, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas, including two holiday-themed originals: the film Turkey Drop and an all-new competition series, Wrap Battle.
If you're more than ready to deck the halls and put up your festive string lights as soon as the Halloween hullaballoo is over, this one's for you! Check out the full schedule from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30 ahead, and plan accordingly.
Related: Time to Get Spooky! Check Out Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween Schedule Nov. 1
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The holidays are just waiting for everyone to deck the halls, and Freeform is leading the charge with its Kickoff to Christmas marathon! Before we're ready for the network's beloved 25 Days of Christmas programming, we'll have a November full of fun. The schedule features seasonal favorites like Home Alone, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas, including two holiday-themed originals: the film Turkey Drop and an all-new competition series, Wrap Battle.
If you're more than ready to deck the halls and put up your festive string lights as soon as the Halloween hullaballoo is over, this one's for you! Check out the full schedule from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30 ahead, and plan accordingly.
Related: Time to Get Spooky! Check Out Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween Schedule Nov. 1
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- 11/29/2019
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
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