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EXCLUSIVE: Briarcliff Entertainment CEO Tom Ortenberg has acquired home distribution authorities to Christmas At The Kringles, a genre-bending vacation drama presently successful accumulation successful Los Angeles. Pic will get a planned wide theatrical merchandise successful November.
Directed by Kevin Lewis (Willy’s Wonderland), nan movie blends comedy, action, and scary into a Christmas story. Ron Livingston (Band of Brothers) and Rachel Bilson (The O.C.) lead an ensemble formed featuring Rob Riggle, Arden Myrin, Beverly D’Angelo, Thomas Lennon and Donald Faison, second 2 of whom reunited successful nan Scrubs reboot.
In nan Zack Imbrogno-scripted comedy, nan Severson family starts caller successful a quiet suburban neighborhood. Their next-door neighbors, nan Kringles, look good prevention for a penchant for celebrating Christmas year-round. What originates arsenic charming quickly turns unsettling, arsenic Mark and Julie turn concerned astir their son’s increasing attachment to nan family. After a heated confrontation, Mark heads adjacent doorway to bring his family location only to uncover nan Kringles’ existent intentions: to hypnotize and indoctrinate them.
Pic is produced by Andrew Ortenberg of 19th Hole Productions, Tom Ortenberg, Liam Finn, Kevin Lewis and Jordan Dykstra, whose caller institution will beryllium repping world income authorities to nan movie astatine Cannes. Executive Producers see Stacy Kemp, Scott Hubert, Meritt Hubert and Kevin Weisberg.
Lewis said he had been “looking to do different zany and bonkers genre movie successful nan vein of Willy’s Wonderland and I recovered it successful Zack Imbrogno’s unsocial and original screenplay. I consciousness truthful fortunate to beryllium surrounded by specified a talented formed and unit to bring this crazy train of a movie to life.”
