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The end of October is two weeks away, which means yuletide fun is just around the corner — and that includes a lot of Christmas programming. Netflix revealed their end of the year lineup of movies, series and documentaries, which includes a serious slate of yuletide cheer.

“Holiday in the Wild” starring Rob Lowe and Kristin Davis is amongst their lineup of festive features, a project that was announced in May of 2018 under the working title “Christmas in the Wild”. The Netflix original film will kick off the seasonal programs when it begins streaming on November 1st.

You can also look forward to more exclusive film premieres, including the Vanessa Hudgens lead “A Knight to Remember” as well as “The Holiday Rush” starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Darlene Love and La La Anthony. “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby”, the third followup to their beloved royal saga, will debut in December.

Fans of the series “Nailed It!”, “Family Reunion”, “Alexa & Katie” and “The Great British Baking Show” can expect holiday episodes. Netflix will also premiere the new series, “Merry Happy Whatever” starring a mega cast, which includes: Dennis Quaid, Bridgit Mendler, Ashley Tisdale, and Garcelle Beauvais.

The streaming service has an addition lineup of acquired films, including: “A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish” with Laura Marano and Gregg Sulkin, “Christmas in the Heartland” starring Bo Derek, Shelley Long, Tiffany Fallon, Paula Trickey and Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney, and “Christmas Crush” with Rachel Boston and Jonathan Bennett, which was originally known as “Holiday High School Reunion”.  Check out the full lineup below!

Graham and Ludwig on set of OPERATION CHRISTMAS DROP. | Photo: Kat Graham’s Official Instagram

Today, Netflix’s official See What’s Next Twitter account announced that Kat Graham and Alexander Ludwig have teamed up for a brand new movie that’s coming to the streaming service in 2020.

Graham and Ludwig will co-lead “Operation Christmas Drop”, named after the Christmastime airlift partly conducted from Andersen Air Force Base, as as a congressional aide and a U.S. Air Force captain who clash when she’s asked to shut down the tropical U.S. Air Force base he calls home.

For a little bit of background on what Operation Christmas Drop means; it’s a tradition that serves as a training mission for the U.S. Air Force which started in 1952. It has since become the longest running U.S. Department of Defense mission in full operation, and the longest running humanitarian airlift in the world. Supported by the local communities of Guam, it is primarily conducted from Andersen Air Force Base and Yokota Air Base, and targets Micronesia. (Source: Wikipedia)

I’ll keep you posted on more information as we get closer to the release.

Stay merry!

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Here’s a little movie update news for everyone who remembers when Deadline exclusively reported last October that Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) would be starring in David E. Talbert‘s new holiday film for Netflix.

The musical movie, “Jingle Jangle” follows Jeronicus Jangle (Whitaker), a once-great inventor and toy maker who has lost his belief in himself and his inventions, but stumbles upon a second chance and a magical invention, when his granddaughter comes to town for the holidays. If he can get the thing to work in time for the holidays, it will change their lives forever.

It’s been the plan for months to begin filming this year with a Netflix 2020 premiere date in mind, but now the Talbert written-and-directed film has added a slew of talented actors to the cast list!

Yesterday afternoon Netflix’s Strong Black Lead Twitter account announced that Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show, Creed, This Is Us), Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele, Toy Story 4, The Lion King), Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog, Dreamgirls), and Madalen Mills (Broadway’s School of Rock: The Musical), who will star as Whitaker’s granddaughter, have joined the film.

Update 07/11/19: As of now, Hugh Bonneville has also signed onto the film!

“Jingle Jangle” will be produced by Mike Jackson, John Legend, David E. Talbert, Lyn Sisson-Talbert, and David McIlvain with Ty Stiklorius stepped in as executive producer.

Stay merry!

Lamb and McIver in 2017’s A Christmas Prince | Photos: Netflix

Netflix announced some big news on Twitter today for fans of their original movie, “A Christmas Prince” today! The streaming service tweeted out a photo of a sonogram with the wording: “Baby makes 3”, which teases the third installment in the series that’s set to debut this holiday season!

“A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby” will follow last year’s “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding”, the follow-up to the 2017 original film “A Christmas Prince”, all of which star Rose McIver and Ben Lamb in the leading roles of Amber and Prince Richard, respectively.

Photo: Vanessa Hudgens in a scene from ‘The Princess Switch’. | Photo: Netflix

I’ve been excited for this movie since June, and now it’s finally arriving!

Vanessa Hudgens takes on a dual role in a new holiday film on Netflix called “The Princess Switch”.  In the movie, Hudgens stars as both Stacy De Novo and Lady Margaret, identical women from very different walks of life; Stacy is a down-to-earth Chicago baker while Lady Maragret is a soon-to-be-princess. One week before Christmas, they switch places and each fall in love with each other’s beaus.

This sounds like romantic comedy merry mayhem, and I’m here for it!

Kat Graham stars in THE HOLIDAY CALENDAR. | Photos: Netflix

With only a week left in October, Netflix has revealed the list of movies, documentaries and television series that will be coming to the streaming service during the month of November, and among that list are several festive titles. Check them out below!

Angela’s Christmas
Cast: Lucy O’Connell, Ruth Negga & Brendan Mullins
Release Date: November 1

In this original Netflix animated family film, a trip to church with her family on Christmas Eve gives young Angela an extraordinary idea. A heartwarming tale based on a story by Frank McCourt.

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Royal Wedding fever is still on high alert, however, this time–it’s heading to Netflix for some Yuletide cheer! I was browsing Instagram Stories last week and came across a video of Vanessa Hudgens baking cookies on a set that was decorated for Christmas and was trying to figure out what she was filming; was it a reality baking competition show? a TV movie?

I immediately went to IMdb to see what upcoming projects she had that were holiday-related and found nothing, so I figured I’d sit back and wait for some news to drop regarding it.

I didn’t have to wait long.

Photos: Official Twitters of Lowe and Davis

According to Deadline, it appears that Netflix has given the green light to the new adventure-romance holiday film, “Christmas in the Wild” co-starring Kristin Davis (“Deck the Halls”), Rob Lowe (“The Christmas Shoes”) and Lowe’s son, John Owen Lowe.

Via Deadline, the film is said ‘to be in the vein of Eat Pray Love, Christmas in the Wild is set against the backdrop of the elephant poaching and conservation battles in the African wilderness. It centers on a woman (Davis) who, after her longtime husband walks out on her just before a family safari, goes anyway. Arriving in Africa she meets a bush pilot and elephant conservationist (Lowe). John Owen Lowe plays Davis’ son.’

“Christmas in the Wild” will film in Africa with a pending premiere for the 2019 holiday season. The film is written by Neal Dobrofsky and Tippi Dobrofsky and directed by Ernie Barbarash.

Stay merry!