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Filmmaker and playwright David E. Talbert could very well be the preeminent auteur of holiday movies. In 2016, he directed Almost Christmas which was followed by El Camino Christmas in 2017. On November 13, the director will bookend his unofficial holiday trilogy with Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey on Netflix. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has joined the cast of Netflix's first live-action original musical Jingle Jangle. Bonneville will star alongside Forest Whitaker in the holiday film about a toymaker and a magical invention. The cast also includes Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele), Phylicia Rashad (A Rais…

Netflix’s first live-action original musical is casting up. Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele), Phylicia Rashad (First Black actress to win a Tony for A Raisin in the Sun), Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, or Change), and newcomer Madalen Mills have joined Forest Whitaker in Jingle Jangle, written…

EXCLUSIVE: Forest Whitaker has been set by Netflix to star in Jingle Jangle, the David E. Talbert-directed holiday musical about a cobblestone world that comes to life.  Whitaker will play Jeronicus Jangle, a once-great inventor and toy maker who has lost his belief in himself and his inventions, but stumbles upon a…

EXCLUSIVE: Get Lifted’s John Legend and Mike Jackson, the Emmy-winning executive producers of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, have signed on to produce the family holiday musical Jingle Jangle for Netflix. The film is directed by David E. Talbert, who has written the script and will produce with Lyn…

Netflix has snapped up Jingle Jangle, a pitch from Almost Christmas filmmaker David E. Talbert which the streaming service will launch as a family holiday musical feature. Jingle Jangle follows an embattled toymaker, his precocious granddaughter, and a magical invention, that if they can get it to work in time for…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has acquired A Meyers Thanksgiving, a spec script that David E. Talbert wrote and will direct, with Will Packer producing. The deal was mid-six figures upfront, but is seven figures for script and directing if the movie gets made. Those signs look promising: It is being fast-tracked to…