Just whenZoey’s Extraordinary Playlistfans thought the series was gone for good, it’s returning with an all-new twist!
Roku announced Wednesday that it’s bringing backZoey’s Extraordinary Playlistfor a feature-length holiday movie on The Roku Channel. StarsJane Levy,Skylar Astin,Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart, Andrew Leeds, Alice Lee, Michael Thomas Grant, David St. Louis, Kapil Talwalkar,Mary Steenburgen,Peter GallagherandBernadette Peterswill all reprise their respective roles.
The upcoming holiday film, titledZoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, will pick up right where season 2 left off. It will continue showing “Zoey’s journey as she navigates work, family, love and everything in between,” a description from the company reads.
Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmasis Roku’s first original film.
Jane Levy as Zoey Clarke.Sergei Bachlakov/NBC/Lionsgate
Series creator Austin Winsberg said he’s “so extremely grateful” that The Roku Channel is helping to bring back the series in this capacity.
“I can’t think of a more appropriate time to hear someone’s heart song than the holidays,” Winsberg said. “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmaswill be an opportunity to provide the fans and new viewers alike a chance to all tap their toes and get in the holiday mood.”
All 25 episodes ofZoey’s Extraordinary Playlistwill be available to stream for free on The Roku Channel this fall.
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlistwas canceledat NBC in June after two seasons. Ahead of its cancellation, the critically-acclaimed series has been nominated for Emmys, Golden Globes and Critics' Choice awards. It won an Emmy last year for outstanding choreography for scripted programming.
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Astin, 33, recently teased the holiday movie while speaking toNME.
“Oh, we’re doing it — I’m booked, boo,” thePitch Perfectactor said. “I know there was a season three idea and maybe a season four idea, but now we’re going to do a movie and maybe we’ll do another movie [after that].”
Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmaswill premiere on The Roku Channel this holiday season.
source: people.com
