Lacey Chabert Shifts From Hallmark to Netflix for Subsequent Vacation Rom-Com
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Hallmark queen Lacey Chabert is increasing her vacation film repertoire together with her upcoming Netflix movie.
Chabert, 41, is slated to star within the Christmas rom-com Sizzling Frosty, which joins the streaming service’s 2024 vacation slate alongside Lindsay Lohan’s Our Little Secret and Christina Milian’s Meet Me Subsequent Christmas. The film will observe Chabert as Cathy, a widow who brings a snowman to life two years after dropping her husband.
“By means of his naïveté, the snowman helps Cathy to snort, really feel and love once more, as the 2 fall for one another simply in time for the vacations … and earlier than he melts,” the official logline reads.
Along with Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Chrishell Stause, Joe Lo Truglio, Craig Robinson, Katy Mixon and Lauren Holly additionally star. Jerry Ciccoritti will direct with a script penned by Russell Hainline.
“So excited to share the information!,” Chabert captioned the announcement by way of Instagram on Monday, Might 13. “Working alongside this unimaginable solid, director, and producers has been a joyful expertise. ☃️🎄.”
Chabert’s costar Strause, 42, rapidly took to the feedback part to gush over attending to movie with the actress. “You’re the sweetest-Hope to work once more collectively sooner or later 🥰.” she wrote, to which Chabert, replied, “It was so beautiful to satisfy you and work collectively! 💜.”
Chabert’s leap to Netflix doesn’t imply she’s abandoning her Hallmark dwelling, the place she has already starred in additional than 25 movies. This 12 months, she’ll seem in The Christmas Quest alongside Kristoffer Polaha for the community’s vacation rollout and within the unscripted collection Celebrations with Lacey Chabert, wherein she and her workforce plan a shock occasion to present again to people who make an impression on their communities.
Chabert may also function an government producer on the venture, which is ready to air 10 episodes on Hallmark’s streaming service, Hallmark Films Now, in late 2024.
“These motion pictures imply a lot to me. I actually am real after I say that,” Chabert completely instructed Us Weekly in October 2021 of her longtime partnership with Hallmark “They’re not simply jobs, and I really feel a duty to the viewers to make the best possible film I can.”
The actress famous that she tries to “elevate the bar” on every venture to maintain followers coming again for extra, including, “[When] somebody helps you to into their lounge for 2 hours, it’s type of an honor. I need to depart individuals with a very good feeling.”
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Whereas Chabert has been recognized for her extra healthful roles lately, she has starred in varied edgier comedies, together with 2004’s Imply Women as Gretchen Weiner. She not too long ago reunited together with her Imply Women costars Lohan, 37, and Amanda Seyfried final 12 months for a nostalgia-inspired Walmart advert. The trio reprised their characters for the shop’s Black Friday offers.
“It was fantastic to spend the day with Amanda and Lindsay,” Chabert mentioned in a press release on the time. “It was a lot enjoyable to reminisce and be collectively once more in spite of everything these years.”
