Essence Atkins (left) & Candace B. Harris (right)

There’s nothing like starting your week off with some Christmas movie news, amiright?!

As I was browsing Instagram this morning, I discovered photos of actress Candace B. Harris (“Gifted”) on the set of a new Christmas movie entitled, “Coins for Christmas”. Considering I hadn’t heard about this film in the midst of all the latest movie news, I decided to do a little digging and found out that it’s an upcoming film for the TV One network also starring Essence Atkins (“Marlon”)!

Synopsis: Single mom Madison (Atkins) finds herself scraping pennies together two weeks before Christmas after the IRS freezes her bank account, her ex fails to come through with any help and her boss fires her. Desperate to pay bills and buy gifts for her teenage children, Madison jumps into the ever-popular “gig economy.” That’s when she meets and eventually gets hired by obnoxious, sidelined former pro football player Alec Darby (Stephen Bishop), also secretly on the verge of going broke. This odd couple butts heads time and time again, but they eventually forge a friendship. And, to their surprise, they learn a lot about themselves and teach one another how to be better people.

Broadway World reports that production is underway in Atlanta, GA and that TC Carson, Kelly Price, Karlie Redd, James “Lil JJ” Lewis, Rodney Perry, and Karon Joseph Riley also star in the film, which was panned by Rhonda F. Baraka and directed by Jamal Hill.

“Coins for Christmas” will premiere on TV One this December.

Stay merry!