Danica McKellar Shares Big Update About ROYAL CHRISTMAS BALL
By Movieguide® Contributor
Danica McKellar recently revealed that her upcoming movie ROYAL CHRISTMAS BALL has been delayed, but she will star in another movie for this year’s Great American Christmas.
“I wanted to talk to you about my Christmas movie this year that will be airing Christmas season 2023,” she said. “I was originally going to be doing a movie called ROYAL CHRISTMAS BALL. This is a movie that I wrote the story for and it involves a couple of elaborate waltz routines and I am very excited about it. It’s an awesome story.”
“In ROYAL CHRISTMAS BALL, Chelsea Shaw, a Chicago-based dance instructor whose adoptive parents have long since passed, travels to the small European country of Havenshire over Christmas break in search of her heritage…and maybe even family,” a synopsis of the movie reads.
“Discovering that the only way to get access to information she needs on her quest is via the royal family, she accepts an offer to teach a very reluctant Prince a special Waltz for the traditional Royal Christmas Ball. By the end of this Christmas adventure, Chelsea finds love, answers to her deepest questions, and yes, family,” it concludes.
McKellar shared that the complicated dances slowed production.
“Well, I finished doing SWING INTO ROMANCE, which is my fall-time movie, my Autumn Harvest movie, and, talk about dance, that one has a ton of dance in it, and it’s swing, jive, like really energetic,” she continued. “And waltz movies, like these big dance movies, they take a lot more preparation, so we ran out of time…[for ROYAL CHRISTMAS BALL].”
“So, there’s another Christmas movie. It’s awesome, and we’re getting into prep for it now,” McKellar explained. “I just wanted you guys to know about this just so you have the inside track, being a part of Great American Community, that ROYAL CHRISTMAS BALL will not be my Great American Christmas movie this year.”
This year’s Great American Christmas is shaping up to be the best yet, as the network will release 20 new Christmas movies, starting on October 21.
Along with McKellar, the movies will feature stars like Chad Michael Murray, Candace Cameron Bure, Trevor Donovan and more.
Movieguide® previously reported:
The Great American Family network has released its 2023 Christmas lineup, featuring stars Danica McKellar, Chad Michael Murray, Candace Cameron Bure, Trevor Donovan and more.
The network will debut 20 new original Christmas movies as part of this year’s Great American Christmas, beginning on October 21, PEOPLE reported.
GAF’s CEO Bill Abbott says that what separates his network from competitors is its commitment to faith and family values.
“There’s a huge blank space in this category and we are focused relentlessly on high quality content that will satisfy the underserved viewer, in a way that entertains and inspires,” he shared. “There’s a lot of content out there that goes in a different direction and we are going to stay in that family, faith and hometown values area.”
Many of the network’s stars are vocal about their faith journeys.
