While December will herald the annual battle for festive supremacy at the box office, with seasonal releases such as Christmas Eve, Krampus, Love the Cooper and Joseph-Gordon Levitt’s The Night Before competing for your money and time, one movie studio forgoing the hustle and bustle is Netflix with its original holiday special: A Very Murray Christmas.
Due to premiere exclusively on the streaming service from December 4, Sofia Coppola reunites with her Lost in Translation star for the feature. Taking place largely in Big Apple’s historic Carlyle hotel, Netflix’s seasonal special has Murray putting the final plans together to host a a very special musical stage show to ring in the holiday. However, a fierce blizzard puts paid to that idea, though the leading star improvises in order to make light of a bad situation, and the reveal trailer showcased all the signs of a star-studded romp.
Not only will Murray topline the flick, but he also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Mitch Glazer, and today’s new one-sheet really drives home the point that, yes, this really is the Bill Murray show. But he won’t be alone on stage when the snow hits and the lights go down, with a glittering ensemble that also includes George Clooney, Miley Cyrus, Chris Rock, Maya Rudolph, Paul Shaffer, Amy Poehler, Julie White, Dimitri Dimitrov, Michael Cera, David Johansen, Jason Schwartzman, Jenny Lewis, Phoenix, Frederic Moulin, Rashida Jones and many, many more.
Sofia Coppola and her ensemble cast will hope to spread festive joy far and wide when A Very Murray Christmas premieres exclusively on Netflix come December 4.
This winter, Bill Murray brings an extra-special dose of holiday cheer to Netflix with the premiere of an all-star musically-driven holiday special, A Very Murray Christmas. Set inside New York City’s iconic Carlyle hotel, A Very Murray Christmas opens with Murray preparing to host a live, international holiday broadcast. After a blizzard shuts down the production, he makes the best of the situation by singing and celebrating with friends, hotel employees and anyone else who drops by.
Published: Nov 9, 2015 03:59 pm