EXCLUSIVE: Maddie Ziegler (My Old Ass), Rob Lowe (Parks & Recreation), Graham Phillips (Scarpetta), and Elias Kacavas (Euphoria) have signed on to star in In a Holidaze, a new Netflix rom-com from writer-director Tiffany Paulsen (Winter Spring Summer or Fall) and Alloy Entertainment.
The project is Alloy’s first to emerge from a new multi-year first-look film deal with Netflix and is based on the 2020 novel by Christina Lauren, the pen name for longtime writing partners Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, who between them, have produced 20 New York Times bestsellers. It follows a directionless twenty-something who, after making a romantic mistake of epic proportions, finds herself trapped in a holiday time-loop, forced to relive the same Christmas at her family’s cabin until she discovers what truly makes her happy.
Alloy’s president and chief creative officer Leslie Morgenstein will produce alongside the company’s EVP Film, Elysa Koplovitz Dutton, with Lowe exec producing.
“We’re incredibly proud of the movies we’ve produced for Netflix, and how global audiences have made them hits,” said Alloy Entertainment’s Morgenstein. “As we’ve grown our film business significantly over the last five years, Netflix has been an ideal partner and we’re excited to continue our collaboration with In a Holidaze, a funny, romantic journey of self-discovery set in the magical holiday season.”
Recently seen in Megan Park’s acclaimed coming-of-age dramedy My Old Ass for Prime Video, Ziegler’s upcoming slate also includes the Amazon MGM action thriller Ballerina Overdrive. She is repped by WME, manager Rachel Rothman and attorney Scott Whitehead.
Lowe has most recently been seen starring in Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star and hosting their game show The Floor. Other upcoming projects include the ABC comedy The Ram, the dark comedy My New Friend Jim, comedy The Musical opposite Gillian Jacobs, and the Bleecker Street horror film The Third Parent opposite Crispin Glover. He is repped by WME, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Latham & Watkins.
Known for roles on shows like The Good Wife, Atypical and Riverdale, Phillips has also been seen in films like Yes Day and Blockers. Next to be seen in Prime Video’s Scarpetta opposite Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis, he is repped by Gersh, Amplified, and Felker Toczek Suddleson.
Kacavas’ credits include a major role in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, as well as parts in Euphoria, Fire Country, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. He is repped by Innovative Artists.
Paulsen made her feature directorial debut with Winter Spring Summer or Fall, a Paramount coming-of-age drama starring Jenna Ortega that world premiered at the Tribeca Festival. She previously wrote the female-driven comedy Reunion for Netflix and has also written a pair of Emma Roberts rom-coms: Holidate, which premiered at #1 and was the fourth most-watched film on Netflix for 2020, and United Artists Releasing’s About Fate, which is streaming on Prime Video. She is repped by Verve and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Alloy Entertainment has had all three of its Netflix films open at #1, including Work It starring Sabrina Carpenter, Purple Hearts starring Sofia Carson, and You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah with Adam Sandler. On the television side, they had the hit Penn Badgely series You on Netflix for five seasons. Their other television series include both iterations of Gossip Girl, the Pretty Little Liars franchise, and Vampire Diaries and its spin-offs.
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