EXCLUSIVE: As almost each native retailer has proven you lately, 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 an enthralling native store proprietor (Michelle Morgan), regardless that he’s already relationship another person that no person actually likes. Issues get sophisticated when past-due enterprise dealings bubble to the floor. Jack is stuffed with inventive concepts that might assist easy 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 unique music he’ll carry out titled, “A Model New Christmas.”
The Boston native isn’t any stranger to holiday-themed music. NKOTB launched Merry, Merry Christmas in 1989, and McIntyre dropped Come Dwelling For Christmas in 2011, might a brand new one be on the best way? Extra on that and Jingle Bell Love in our Q&A with McIntyre beneath.
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 achieved 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 neighborhood. She reached out with this concept [and asked] if I’d have an interest. I appreciated it however was uncertain of what my schedule could be like [when production begins]. I liked the script. Positive sufficient, they discovered nice producers and a fantastic channel, and all of it labored out. Abruptly it’s March and we’re in Montreal, capturing this actually particular story. It’s slightly outdoors 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 after all, there’s slightly little bit of friction right here and there. There’s a narrative there that we trip by way of collectively.
Within the film, my spouse handed away, and my daughter is with out her mother which brings up plenty of emotions. As a mother or father, you need to navigate and decide and select, what to dive into and what to depart alone. That’s an excessive state of affairs, however as a mother or father, you’re at all times 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 plenty of that performs out within the film.
DEADLINE: The layers of the general story make it distinctive. And, viewers will likely be handled to a brand new musical monitor from you, sure?
MCINTYRE: Going into this we needed to have slightly extra respect for the viewers and we had plenty of enjoyable making it. And sure, we bought to put in writing a Christmas music, me and my writing associate, Sean Thomas. It was very cool to put in writing a music for this. Technically, this music might 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 sort of kidding about it, however it’s good to have a bit of labor; to have been part of that course of, and to determine what music would work. The concept we pitched we felt strongly about; the producers liked it and Roku signed off on it. So a part of this film can also be about releasing the one.
(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 at all times the case or was that one thing they modified while you had been solid?
MCINTYRE: Sure, he was, there was at all times the music store. I feel 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 sort of backed away from music as a result of he needed to elevate a daughter and pay the payments, as so many musicians must do. However you already know, there’s that storyline of how his love curiosity, performed by Michelle Morgan, reignites lots inside him and she or he pushes him to complete the music 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. After they present you one of many guys, you say, “No musicians, belief me.” Was that ad-libbed?
MCINTYRE: Effectively, he’s enjoying a musician and it’s sort of a cliche, I suppose, slightly little bit of enjoyable cliche. However, you already know what? Actually, I feel I by no means actually, in that second, didn’t play the meta of it however it was enjoyable to expertise. However yeah, that makes plenty of sense, truly. Yeah.
DEADLINE: Is that recommendation you’d give your youngsters?
MCINTYRE: No, I feel, hear, 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 find it irresistible. So, I’m not so positive I push again on that.
DEADLINE: Any probability this new single might encourage a Joey McIntyre solo vacation album?
MCINTYRE: Effectively, it’s been some time. It might be a bonus on… I did a Christmas album, like, geez, it was 10 years in the past, or extra. On one other observe, I’ve an entire solo album popping out in January which I’m thrilled about. I’m enthusiastic about this film. I do have lots happening. 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 taking place, too. It’s a really thrilling, enjoyable time.
This interview has been edited and condensed for size and readability.
