From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies, Almost Christmas from 2016, Love the Coopers – aka Christmas with the Coopers from 2015 and Ice Age: a Mammoth Christmas from 2011.
Almost Christmas is a 2016 American Christmas comedy-drama film written and directed by David E. Talbert
and starring Kimberly Elise, Mo'Nique, Nicole Ari Parker, Gabrielle Union, Keri Hilson, Jessie Usher, Danny Glover, Omar Epps, John Michael Higgins, D. C. Young Fly, and Romany Malco.
The film follows a dysfunctional family that comes together for the holidays for the first time since their mother's death.
Principal photography began in late 2015 and early 2016 in Covington, Georgia.
The film premiered in Los Angeles on 3 November 2016 and was theatrically released in the United States on 11 November, 2016 by Universal Pictures.
It received mixed reviews and grossed $42 million.
Directed by: David E. Talbert.
Written by: David E. Talbert.
Produced by: Will Packer and Mikael Hed.
Starring: Kimberly Elise, Danny Glover, John Michael Higgins, Romany Malco, Mo'Nique, Nicole Ari Parker, J.B. Smoove, Gabrielle Union, Elias Talbert , Donnie Simpson, Lyn Talbert and David E. Talbert.
Cinematography: Larry Blanford.
Edited by: Troy Takaki.
Music by: John Paesano.
Production companies: Will Packer Productions and Perfect World Pictures.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures.
Release date: 3 November, 2016 ( Regency Village Theater) and 11 November 2016 (United States).
File Length: 111 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $17 million.
Box office: $42.6 million.
Love the Coopers (titled Christmas with the Coopers in the UK and Ireland) is a 2015 American Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Jessie Nelson and written by Steven Rogers.
The film stars an ensemble cast, including Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Jake Lacy, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei, Timothée Chalamet, Olivia Wilde and features the voice of Steve Martin, and follows a dysfunctional family that reunites for the holidays.
The film was released by CBS Films (via Lionsgate) on 13 November 2015, received generally negative reviews and grossed $42 million.
Directed by: Jessie Nelson.
Written by: Steven Rogers.
Produced by: Michael London, Jessie Nelson and Janice Williams.
Starring: Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Jake Lacy, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei, Timothée Chalamet, Steve Martin and Olivia Wilde.
Cinematography: Elliot Davis.
Edited by: Nancy Richardson.
Music by: Nick Urata.
Production companies: Groundswell Productions and Imagine Entertainment.
Distributed by: Lionsgate and CBS Films.
Release date: 4 November 2015 ( Austin Film Festival) and 13 November 2015 (United States).
File Length: 107 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $17–24 million: Box office: $42.4 million.
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas is a 2011 computer animated television special and part of the Ice Age franchise, produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Karen Disher.
It premiered on 24 November 2011 on Fox in the United States and in the United Kingdom at Christmas on Channel 4 and E4 and it was released 2 days later to DVD and Blu-ray.
This Christmas special takes place between Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Continental Drift.
Despite being produced by Blue Sky Studios, the film's animation was actually done by some animators at Blue Sky and mainly by the Los Angeles/Dallas based special effects and animation company, Reel FX Creative Studios.
Directed by: Karen Disher.
Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Chris Wedge, Karen Disher, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Ciara Bravo, Billy Gardell, T.J. Miller and Judah Friedlander.
Music by: John Paesano.
Country of origin: United States.
Original language: English.
Executive producers: Lori Forte, Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha.
Producer: Andrea M. Miloro.
Editor: Russell Eaton.
File Length: 20 minutes.
Production companies: Blue Sky Studios, Reel FX Creative Studios and 20th Century Fox Animation.
Distributor: 20th Century Fox.
Original network: Fox.
Original release: 24 November 2011.
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