EXCLUSIVE: As practically each native retailer has proven you latterly, the vacation season is in full swing. With that comes a wholesome quantity of themed programming like The Roku Channel’s Jingle Bell Love, starring Joey McIntyre, premiering November 18.
Deadline has your first have a look at the movie’s trailer above.
McIntyre stars within the romantic comedy as Jack Cooper, who viewers will meet when he visits his late spouse’s hometown for Christmas. He will get greater than he bargained for when his decided daughter hooks him up with a captivating native store proprietor (Michelle Morgan), although he’s already courting another person that no person actually likes. Issues get difficult when past-due enterprise dealings bubble to the floor. Jack is stuffed with artistic concepts that might assist clean issues out simply in time for Christmas, however will all of it work out?
Yanna McIntosh, Delia Chambers and Al Goulem additionally star.
McIntyre, who has been a member of one of many greatest boy bands of all time, New Children on the Block, because the mid-80s, has a particular reward for viewers. The Roku Unique will characteristic a brand new authentic track he’ll carry out titled, “A Model New Christmas.”
The Boston native is not any stranger to holiday-themed music. NKOTB launched Merry, Merry Christmas in 1989, and McIntyre dropped Come Residence For Christmas in 2011, may a brand new one be on the way in which? Extra on that and Jingle Bell Love in our Q&A with McIntyre under.
DEADLINE: With such a busy schedule, what attracted you to Jingle Bell Love and enjoying Jack Cooper?
JOEY MCINTYRE: It began with one of many writers, a very good good friend of mine, Stephanie Black. She’s from LA, and we’ve finished some theater work collectively. She’s a part of the [IAMA] theater group there and I’ve principally helped with events to boost funds for his or her nice theater group. She reached out with this concept [and asked] if I’d have an interest. I favored it however was uncertain of what my schedule could be like [when production begins]. I beloved the script. Certain sufficient, they discovered nice producers and a fantastic channel, and all of it labored out. All of a sudden it’s March and we’re in Montreal, capturing this actually particular story. It’s a bit of exterior the field of your common Christmas story, there’s a little drama.
DEADLINE: To be clear, it’s not drama like what the Housewives deliver to their respective reveals. [Laughs] Proper?
MCINTYRE: No, It’s not. [Laughs] It’s enjoyable for the entire household. However in fact, there’s a bit of little bit of friction right here and there. There’s a narrative there that we experience via collectively.
Within the film, my spouse handed away, and my daughter is with out her mother which brings up loads of emotions. As a father or mother, you need to navigate and choose and select, what to dive into and what to go away alone. That’s an excessive scenario, however as a father or mother, you’re all the time selecting and selecting your moments as a result of your children can roll their eyes at you at any minute. It’s a must to be tactical at instances. It’s not an ideal world, parenting, and loads of that performs out within the film.
DEADLINE: The layers of the general story make it distinctive. And, viewers shall be handled to a brand new musical monitor from you, sure?
MCINTYRE: Going into this we wished to have a bit of extra respect for the viewers and we had loads of enjoyable making it. And sure, we received to write down a Christmas track, me and my writing associate, Sean Thomas. It was very cool to write down a track for this. Technically, this track may very well be nominated for an Oscar as a result of we wrote it for the film. Who is aware of, stranger issues have occurred? We had been type of kidding about it, but it surely’s good to have a bit of labor; to have been part of that course of, and to determine what track would work. The thought we pitched we felt strongly about; the producers beloved it and Roku signed off on it. So a part of this film can also be about releasing the only.
(L-R) Joey McIntyre, Danny Wooden, Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg and Jonathan Knight of New Children On The Block
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DEADLINE: Your character in Jingle Bell Love is a musician such as you. Was that all the time the case or was that one thing they modified whenever you had been forged?
MCINTYRE: Sure, he was, there was all the time the music store. I believe initially he performed guitar, however I mentioned, I play extra piano than I do guitar. So we made him a piano participant. The cool factor is that this character type of backed away from music as a result of he needed to increase a daughter and pay the payments, as so many musicians should do. However you realize, there’s that storyline of how his love curiosity, performed by Michelle Morgan, reignites rather a lot within him and she or he pushes him to complete the track and he does.
DEADLINE: We don’t need to give away an excessive amount of however there’s this adorably meta second when Jack’s daughter helps somebody discover a date on a Tinder-like app. Once they present you one of many guys, you say, “No musicians, belief me.” Was that ad-libbed?
MCINTYRE: Nicely, he’s enjoying a musician and it’s type of a cliche, I suppose, a bit of little bit of enjoyable cliche. However, you realize what? Actually, I believe I by no means actually, in that second, didn’t play the meta of it but it surely was enjoyable to expertise. However yeah, that makes loads of sense, really. Yeah.
DEADLINE: Is that recommendation you’d give your youngsters?
MCINTYRE: No, I believe, pay attention, musicians are individuals who principally put on their hearts on their sleeves and aren’t excellent liars. They’re passionate and do it as a result of they adore it. So, I’m not so positive I push again on that.
DEADLINE: Any probability this new single may encourage a Joey McIntyre solo vacation album?
MCINTYRE: Nicely, it’s been some time. It may very well be a bonus on… I did a Christmas album, like, geez, it was 10 years in the past, or extra. On one other notice, I’ve a whole solo album popping out in January which I’m thrilled about. I’m enthusiastic about this film. I do have rather a lot occurring. I’ve a brand new single off [the solo album] popping out on November 15, with the pre-sale for the album beginning that day. The Christmas single is popping out on November eighth and the film on November 18. I don’t know if it’s been signed off on but, however different issues are occurring, too. It’s a really thrilling, enjoyable time.
This interview has been edited and condensed for size and readability.
