The upcoming movie, Christmas At The Drive-In is a Holiday movie that portrays the love story between two people.
The story is based on a property lawyer who attempts to prove that the Drive-In Theater in her town is not closed during the holidays. She falls in love with the same person who tries to sell her property.
The movie is produced by David Anselmo who has produced other movies like A Merry Christmas Wish and The Winter Palace as well as James Mou who is known for producing Catering Christmas, Designed with Love, Hotel for the Holidays, and many more. The movie is written by Rick Garman.
The main cast of the two-hour movie is Danica McKellar and Neal Bledsoe. The movie is a part of Great American Christmas from the Great American Family where the network premieres a new slate of holiday movies every Saturday and Sunday and Christmas movies all day and night throughout 2022.
Christmas At The Drive-In Cast
There are many cast members in the movie Christmas At The Drive-In and the details of the major actors are explained below:
1. Danica McKellar as Sadie Walker
Danica McKellar plays the role of a property lawyer, Sadie Walker in Christmas At The Drive-In. She tries to save the local drive-in theater and tries to prove that the theater is not closed down at the holidays. She falls in love with the owner, a guy that she shares her first kiss with.
The 47-year-old actress is also a mathematics writer and an education advocate. She is known for her roles in the TV series The Wonder Years as Winnie Cooper. She has also voiced the character of Miss Martian in the animated series Young Justice.
2. Neal Bledsoe as Holden
The 41-year-old Canadian-American actor plays the role of Holden, who is the owner of the local drive-in theater. He is trying to sell the property and finds romance with the property lawyer who is his childhood sweetheart during the Holiday season.
The actor had his breakthrough in 2009 when he made his appearance on Gossip Girl and Ugly Betty. Throughout the years, he has worked on a series of shows such as Law and Order: SUV, Ironside, The Man in the High Castle, and many more. He has also worked as a writer and filmmaker in the entertainment industry.
3. Jennifer Wigmore as Kendra Oldsten
Jennifer Wigmore portrays the role of Kendra Oldsten in the movies Christmas At The Drive-In. There is no information except her character name. There is no description of her character in the movie. Except for her role in the upcoming movie, she has also worked in The Winter Palace as Ms. Tilson, Malory Towers as Miss Grayling, Designated Survivor as Dianne Lewis, and Y: The Last Man as Regina Oliver.
Other Casts:
- Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves
- Toni Ellwand
- Elisa Moolecherry
- Don McBrearty
Christmas At The Drive-In Plot Review
The plot of the movie Christmas At The Drive-in revolves around Sadie Walker, played by Danica McKellar.
After some major life disruptions, she starts her life over in the town she lived in as a child, Chesterfield, New York. She loses her biggest case and decides to quit the law practice. She feels like she is not meant to work as a lawyer and gives up her career. She and her fiance also break up the engagement due to some conflict. Facing all these situations at once, she is depressed, leaves her life, and moves back to her hometown.
She works at Chesterfield College as a law professor and has lost interest in pursuing law ever again. She somehow finds herself fighting for the Chesterfield Drive-In, a local drive-in of the town. She is passionate about saving the drive-in. She is in opposition with the late owner’s son, the new owner of the drive-in, who is trying to sell the place.
The opposition turns out to be her childhood sweetheart. She desperately attempts to save the place and slowly falls for Holden, the property owner.
Where Was Christmas At The Drive-In Filmed?
Christmas at the Drive-In movie is filmed in Sadie Walker’s hometown Chesterfield, New York.
Chesterfield is a town in Essex County, New York in the United States. As per the 2010 census, the town has a population of 2,445. The town has an area of 105.4 km2. The town has the beautiful Ausable River and is marked by Lake Champlain and Vermont.
The old town has the native Algonquin people as the original inhabitants. There are captivating structures in the town that are both natural and man-made. There is a beautiful gallery and rotating exhibits at Adirondack Architectural Heritage.
Ausable Chasm is a deep gorge with layers of sandstone that is revealed by the action of the river over a long period of time. The town is filled with beauty and nature.
Christmas At The Drive-In Release Date and Trailer
The upcoming Holiday movie, Christmas at the Drive-In is releasing on November 25, Friday at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT, according to Great American Family.
The movie will be released exactly a month before Christmas. The film is a part of Great American Christmas on the network Great American Family. It is one of the new Christmas movies of GAF, a family-friendly channel that signatures in featuring holiday-themed movies and specials.
The trailer of the movie was released on the YouTube Channel Great American Family on November 9, 2022. It starts with Sadie Walker attempting to save the Chesterfield Drive-In Theater during Christmas. She states that the town needs a drive-in and she is going to save it. The trailer shows the chemistry between the main characters of the movie, Sadie and Holden.