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Hallmark queen Lacey Chabert is increasing her holiday film repertoire with her upcoming Netflix film.
Chabert, 41, is slated to star in the Christmas rom-com Incredibly hot Frosty, which joins the streaming service’s 2024 getaway slate along with Lindsay Lohan’s Our Very little Solution and Christina Milian’s Satisfy Me Up coming Christmas. The film will follow Chabert as Cathy, a widow who brings a snowman to life two a long time following losing her partner.
“Through his naïveté, the snowman assists Cathy to snicker, truly feel and enjoy yet again, as the two slide for every single other just in time for the holiday seasons … and just before he melts,” the formal logline reads.
In addition to Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Chrishell Stause, Joe Lo Truglio, Craig Robinson, Katy Mixon and Lauren Holly also star. Jerry Ciccoritti will direct with a script penned by Russell Hainline.
“So excited to share the news!,” Chabert captioned the announcement by using Instagram on Monday, Could 13. “Working along with this remarkable solid, director, and producers has been a joyful experience. ☃️🎄.”
Chabert’s costar Strause, 42, promptly took to the remarks part to gush in excess of getting to movie with the actress. “You are the sweetest-Hope to function once more jointly in the foreseeable future 🥰.” she wrote, to which Chabert, replied, “It was so lovely to meet you and perform jointly! 💜.”
Chabert’s jump to Netflix does not indicate she’s abandoning her Hallmark dwelling, in which she has now starred in a lot more than 25 movies. This 12 months, she’ll show up in The Xmas Quest along with Kristoffer Polaha for the network’s holiday rollout and in the unscripted series Celebrations with Lacey Chabert, in which she and her workforce plan a surprise party to give back again to individuals who make an influence on their communities.
Chabert will also provide as an govt producer on the job, which is established to air 10 episodes on Hallmark’s streaming service, Hallmark Films Now, in late 2024.
“These videos suggest so much to me. I definitely am authentic when I say that,” Chabert completely explained to Us Weekly in Oct 2021 of her longtime partnership with Hallmark “They’re not just positions, and I sense a obligation to the viewers to make the complete ideal motion picture I can.”
The actress pointed out that she attempts to “raise the bar” on every single challenge to preserve fans coming back for far more, introducing, “[When] somebody lets you into their residing space for two hours, it’s form of an honor. I want to leave men and women with a good emotion.”
When Chabert has been regarded for her a lot more healthful roles in new many years, she has starred in numerous edgier comedies, such as 2004’s Imply Ladies as Gretchen Weiner. She lately reunited with her Signify Women costars Lohan, 37, and Amanda Seyfried past year for a nostalgia-encouraged Walmart advertisement. The trio reprised their figures for the store’s Black Friday bargains.
“It was great to expend the working day with Amanda and Lindsay,” Chabert said in a assertion at the time. “It was so considerably entertaining to reminisce and be with each other once again soon after all these several years.”
