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The Jonas Brothers are kicking off the holidays with their very own Christmas movie, but the idea for A Very Jonas Christmas Movie began during talks for the other film they\u2019ve been working on this year. Maybe you\u2019ve heard of it. It\u2019s called Camp Rock 3.<\/p>\n
Actually, if we\u2019re getting technical, the idea for a Christmas movie originally got tossed around about 15 years ago, while making the first two Camp Rock films, Nick Jonas tells Deadline.<\/p>\n
More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhen we were first working with Disney\u2026while we were doing Camp Rock and our TV show, we discussed a lot of ideas of other things we wanted to do, and one of those ideas was a Christmas film, but it never came together back then,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo cut to 15 years later, we find ourselves teaming up with Disney again to work on Camp Rock 3, producing that and doing a little cameo in it. Then we opened up the conversation again about the Christmas movie, and the creative team came to us with an incredible take, just this whole idea of us trying to get home for Christmas after being stranded in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n From there, A Very Jonas Christmas Movie was born. The film follows Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas as they are wrapping up part of their tour in London just before Christmas and are set to go their separate ways to spend the holidays with their families when they unwittingly run into Santa. Or, Jesse Tyler Ferguson looking a lot like Santa, who secretly uses a little holiday magic to ensure the emotionally distant brothers cannot make it back to New York in time for the holidays unless they find their way back to each other first.<\/p>\n In some ways, underneath the wackiness and the jokes, the Disney+ film is pretty autobiographical. The three brothers have been open about the rifts that grew between them in the earlier days of fame that led them to pursue solo careers. In 2019, they reunited as a band and have been working as a trio again ever since.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were so wonderfully open with us. They\u2019ve also been sort of very open with their fans. Those documentaries they did were really, really helpful,\u201d Isaac Aptaker, who wrote and produced A Very Jonas Christmas Movie with Elizabeth Berger, said. \u201cWe just sat with the guys and had meals and Zooms while they were in Australia and all over the world to talk about: What\u2019s it like to work with your brothers [for] 20 years? What\u2019s it like to have young children and be on the road so much. What are the real challenges of this that we can explore?\u201d<\/p>\n Make no mistake, though. This is also a very silly movie. There\u2019s exploding airplanes. There\u2019s KJ Apa taking shirtless selfies to impress his ex-girlfriend, played by Billie Lourd, who is also the brothers\u2019 distraught (and not very good at her job) travel agent who is trying to get them home amid the chaos. There\u2019s Randall Park as the brothers\u2019 competent but very-much-in-need-of-a-break manager who is ghosting them in their time of need to take a vacation.<\/p>\n There\u2019s also a cameo from Will Ferrell, who is dragging his family to yet another Jonas Brothers concert, because who wouldn\u2019t want to go to another Jonas Brothers concert?!<\/p>\n Aptaker said that the Jonas family\u2019s connections in Hollywood, like their friendship with the Ferrell family, \u201cmade casting this thing a total treat.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking of the Jonas family, the film doesn\u2019t just feature Kevin, Joe and Nick. It\u2019s a whole family affair. Once the brothers reconcile, they decide to spend Christmas altogether, rather than fractured. At the end of the film, they arrive home to a house filled with their brother Frankie Jonas, their parents Denise and Kevin, Nick\u2019s wife Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Kevin\u2019s wife Danielle Jonas, and all of the kids.<\/p>\n Oh, and there\u2019s one more addition: Chloe Bennet. She plays a family friend who Joe reconnects with amid the brothers\u2019 European escapade. The sparks start flying pretty immediately, so Kevin and Nick decide to invite her to their family\u2019s Christmas celebration as well.<\/p>\n So, while Kevin says filming the final scene of the movie felt \u201cjust like Christmas,\u201d Joe remembers it as \u201cincredibly awkward.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe first scene in the movie, the first shot we filmed, was \u2014 spoiler alert \u2014 but there\u2019s a kissing scene with me, Chloe Bennet and my entire family. My actual, real entire family. It was probably more awkward for her than me, but still not something you expect to do day one,\u201d he laughed.<\/p>\n A Very Jonas Christmas Movie also features new music. Joe says \u201cthere was always some talk of having some songs,\u201d but somewhere along the way, it evolved into a proper musical.<\/p>\n Berger adds that the evolution happened \u201creally early on\u201d in the development process and, in fact, was part of what enticed her and Aptaker to the project.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we wrote the script, we wrote it as a musical, and we sort of paused in-script to note where the musical numbers would be [and] what they should be about,\u201d she explained. \u201cWe got the brilliant and prolific Justin Tranter on board as our songwriter, along with his incredible team, and then we just started this collaboration where we would work very closely with Justin and with the guys to fine tune these things until they were really ready. But it was very much baked into the premise of this from very early on.\u201d<\/p>\n For fans, there is something nostalgic about seeing the Jonas Brothers in a Disney movie-musical in 2025.<\/p>\n Before their 2019 documentary Chasing Happiness, the last time anyone saw them on screen together was Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. So, the fact that they\u2019re not only starring in another Disney project, but that it was born from the revival of that beloved franchise from the early days of their career is not only exciting but, honestly, a little trippy, they say.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes it feels like a Jonas Brother Black Mirror episode,\u201d Joe admits. \u201cWhen we showed up to Camp Rock, we were like, \u2018This is really weird. This is very bizarre to be back here.\u2019 To see these young people crushing it, doing these back flips and singing their little hearts out was really impressive\u2026it\u2019s pinch me moments.\u201d<\/p>\n A Very Jonas Christmas Movie is streaming now on Disney+.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Jonas Brothers are kicking off the holidays with their very own Christmas movie, but the idea for A Very Jonas Christmas Movie began during talks for the other film they\u2019ve been working on this year. Maybe you\u2019ve heard of it. It\u2019s called Camp Rock 3. 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