The “Empress of Soul” Gladys Knight will star in the new Great American Family film “Someday at Christmas.”
She will star in this new original holiday film alongside Jessica Lowndes (“Harmony From The Heart”) and Paul Greene.
The film reunites Knight with former Motown chief and acclaimed, award-winning writer-producer, Suzanne de Passe .
Production for “Someday at Christmas” begins production on September 9 and will be part of Great American Christmas, the network’s holiday programming franchise which returns on October 21.
“As anticipation builds for year two of Great American Christmas, we are delighted to be working with the incomparable Gladys Knight who has inspired generations of fans by pushing musical boundaries with her numerous hit songs,” Bill Abbott, the President and CEO of Great American Media, remarked.
“With high caliber performances from Knight and the talented Jessica Lowndes and Paul Greene, Someday at Christmas is a truly magical Christmas movie steeped in original music that audiences will want to see again and again,” Abbott added.
Synopsis of ‘Someday at Christmas’
In “Someday at Christmas,” Chloe (Jessica Lowndes), a full-time salesclerk and part-time chorus girl, anxiously counts, on one hand, the number of auditions she has remaining before throwing in the towel on her five-year plan to become a Broadway star.
Chloe has several brief and literal run-ins with jingle writer (and seasonal Santa), Jason Murphy (Paul Greene). There’s a spark, but it’s complicated: Chloe has her eye on the world’s biggest stage and Jason is beyond protective about bringing new relationships into his young daughter’s life.
Though well-intentioned, Jason makes Chloe feel like she’s auditioning for yet another role. It would make sense if romance never happened. Except for wealthy real estate landlord, Cora Ross (Gladys Knight) who turns one bit of magic into another. Cora has seen the spark between Chloe and Jason, and she has her heart set on bringing the two together to star in the town’s annual “Holiday Lane Christmas Concert.”
In Chloe, Cora has her aspiring lead, and in Jason, she has a jingle writer capable of writing a new Christmas classic. With Cora in charge, this off-Broadway show will have everyone falling in love with Christmas.
The original screenplay for “Someday at Christmas” was written by Joel & Lisa Canfield, and Steve Gottfried.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recently announced that Gladys Knight is part of the 45th Class of Honorees and will receive a “Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award” on December 4, 2022.
