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[10/25/22 - 10:00 AM]
Amazon Freevee Reveals Key Art for First Original Holiday Film, "Hotel for the Holidays," Premiering in the U.S., UK, and Germany on December 2
Madelaine Petsch and Mena Massoud lead ensemble cast in this charming tale of unexpected love and friendship.

[via press release from Amazon]

Amazon Freevee Reveals Key Art for First Original Holiday Film, "Hotel for the Holidays," Premiering in the U.S., UK, and Germany on December 2

Madelaine Petsch and Mena Massoud lead ensemble cast in this charming tale of unexpected love and friendship

CULVER CITY, California - October 25, 2022 - 'Tis the season. Amazon Studios' first Original holiday movie Hotel for the Holidays, starring Madelaine Petsch (Riverdale) and Mena Massoud (Aladdin), will premiere exclusively on Amazon Freevee in the U.S., UK, and Germany on December 2. Petsch and Massoud lead an ensemble cast that includes Max Lloyd-Jones (The Book of Boba Fett), Kayleigh Shikanai (American Gods), Jami Belushi (According to Jim), Neil Crone (It), and Jayne Eastwood (My Big Fat Greek Wedding).

Hotel for the Holidays revolves around an ensemble of staff and guests at the charming Hotel Fontaine in New York City during Christmastime. Madelaine Petsch stars as Georgia, an ambitious young woman and the manager of the high-end hotel that attracts guests of all kinds - including heartbroken singles, an infamous pop star, and a European ex-prince who recently abdicated his throne - all looking to escape from their everyday lives and come to the hotel as a sanctuary over the holidays. Georgia's work and personal life become entangled when she is caught between the hotel chef Luke (Mena Massoud) and Raymond (Max Lloyd-Jones), the sophisticated ex-prince staying at the hotel during the holidays. The storylines of Georgia and the hotel's eclectic guests twist, turn, and come together, as they unexpectedly find friendship, love, and inspiration.

Hotel for the Holidays is created by Brad Krevoy and executive produced by Krevoy, Lorenzo Nardini, and Amy Krell on behalf of the Motion Picture Corporation of America, along with producer David Anselmo, and executive producers Susie Belzberg Krevoy and Ernie Barbarash. The film is directed and executive produced by Ron Oliver, and written by Maggie Lane and Margarita Matthews.

Amazon Freevee uniquely offers premium Originals on a free streaming service, including the recently launched nostalgic coming-of-age series, High School, based on Tegan and Sara Quin's New York Times bestselling memoir of the same name; and Greg Garcia's new comedy series Sprung, starring Garret Dillahunt and Martha Plimpton. Spanning drama and comedy, scripted and unscripted, additional Freevee Originals currently available include Bosch: Legacy, Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis, Love Accidentally, UNINTERRUPTED's Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers, Alex Rider, Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary, Post Malone: Runaway, and many more. Additional upcoming Originals include new seasons of Judy Justice and Leverage: Redemption, plus high-energy competition series like Play-Doh Squished and America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation.

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About Amazon Freevee, formerly IMDb TV

Amazon Freevee is a streaming video service with thousands of premium movies and TV shows, including Originals and FAST channels, available anytime, for free.

· Expansive Catalog: Amazon Freevee is a free ad-supported video streaming service, offering viewers ambitious Originals, including Bosch: Legacy, the spinoff of the Prime Video series Bosch; the court program Judy Justice; the comedy series Sprung; the reality series Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis; rom-com feature Love Accidentally; the music docuseries Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary; the heist drama Leverage: Redemption; the true-crime docuseries Moment of Truth; the buddy-cop drama Pretty Hard Cases; the zany true-crime docuseries Bug Out; the spy thriller Alex Rider; the Australian crime drama Troppo; and the sports docuseries UNINTERRUPTED's Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers. Combined with an always updating library of broadly appealing hit movies and TV shows across a wide selection of genres, and a catalog of more than 75 FAST channels, Freevee delivers customers the content they would expect to see on a paid service.

· Free: The entire catalog of content on the service is free. No paid subscriptions necessary.

· Limited Ads: Freevee provides customers highly sought content supported by limited advertising.

· Instant Access: Freevee is available as an app on Fire TV, Fire Tablets, and as a free Channel within Prime Video, across hundreds of devices. Freevee is also available as an app on third party devices including Roku, Samsung smart TVs (2017-2021 models), Apple TV 4K, Apple TV HD, Comcast's Xfinity Flex, Xfinity X1, Chromecast with Google TV, NVIDIA SHIELD and other Android TV devices, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles, as well as LG Smart TVs (2018-2021 models). The app is also available on iPhone, iPad, and Android mobile devices.

To learn more about Amazon Freevee, visit www.amazon.com/freevee and follow @AmazonFreevee.

About Motion Picture Corporation of America

Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA) was co-founded by Brad Krevoy in 1986 to focus on producing, acquiring, and distributing commercial motion picture and television projects. Since its inception, MPCA has produced, acquired, and distributed nearly 200 movies, including more than 20 major studio theatrical releases, such as the 1994 comedy smash hit Dumb & Dumber. With an ambitious slate encompassing thousands of hours of popular content for major theatrical release, broadcast and cable television, and digital streaming, these projects have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide in all media to date, earning the company its reputation as a leading provider of film and TV products at all budget levels, and as an aggressive sales and marketing force with U.S. studios and international buyers.

In recent years, MPCA has had success with other family-friendly Christmas fare such as Netflix's Princess Switch movies, starring Vanessa Hudgens, and Holiday In The Wild, starring Rob Lowe and Kristin Davis. Coming from MPCA this holiday season is Netflix's Falling For Christmas with Lindsay Lohan. They're also known for the long-running and highly-rated Hallmark Channel show When Calls The Heart.





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