{"id":25431,"date":"2021-08-25T22:53:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T02:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=25431"},"modified":"2021-08-25T22:53:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T02:53:13","slug":"food-network-wraps-production-on-first-ever-scripted-movie-candy-coated-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/25\/food-network-wraps-production-on-first-ever-scripted-movie-candy-coated-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Network Wraps Production on First-Ever Scripted Movie &#8220;Candy Coated Christmas&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13664\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-network-logo1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-network-logo1.jpeg 616w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-network-logo1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-network-logo1-560x315.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-network-logo1-260x146.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-network-logo1-160x90.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Candy Coated Christmas<\/em><\/strong> has wrapped production. The film is a discovery+ entry into original scripted content and built on Food Network&#8217;s exponential popularity during the holiday season. It stars Molly McCook (<em>Last Man Standing<\/em>), Aaron O&#8217;Connell (<em>The Haves and The Have-Nots<\/em>), Jae Suh Park (<em>The Big Short<\/em>), John McCook (<em>The Bold and the Beautiful<\/em>), with the network&#8217;s own Ree Drummond (<em>The Pioneer Woman<\/em>) making her feature debut.<\/p>\n<p>The fictional story takes place during the holidays, set in the picturesque Peppermint Hollow, the Peppermint Capitol of the world.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2137322759\" class=\"morty-content morty-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Candy Coated Christmas<\/em> will deliver on the food-centric content that Food Network fans love and it will bring in audiences that enjoy the feel-good stories associated with the holiday season. Directed by Ellie Kanner (<em>Love and Sunshine<\/em>) and written by Alex Yonks, Kanner, and Joey Plager, <em>Candy Coated Christmas<\/em> is produced by MarVista Entertainment in association with Go Films. Executive producers are Ellie Kanner, Joey Plager and Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer, and Fernando Szew for MarVista Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Drummond, known for her long-running Food Network series <em>The Pioneer Woman<\/em> and her role as co-host of <em>Christmas Cookie Challenge<\/em>, makes her feature debut, bringing her down-to-earth appeal and real-life experiences as a proprietor to her role as the owner of a bakery who warmly befriends a newcomer to town.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Candy Coated Christmas<\/em> was so much fun to be part of; it had all the magical elements that make holiday movies so special,&#8221; said Drummond. &#8220;Any initial nerves I felt about joining this project completely melted away when I stepped into the sweet, charming world of Peppermint Hollow!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Adds Larry Grimaldi, SVP Creative Affairs, MarVista Entertainment, &#8220;We are thrilled to collaborate with Food Network and discovery+ on their first scripted holiday movie. Combining MarVista&#8217;s long-standing expertise in telling quality, feel-good holiday stories with Food Network&#8217;s promise of providing entertaining lifestyle content is a perfect recipe to bring joy to the world.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-1245382284\" class=\"morty-content_2 morty-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>About <em>Candy Coated Christmas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Molly Gallant (Molly McCook), a Los Angeles-based marketing executive on top of the world, is planning a new business venture with her best friend and heading to the airport for her annual holiday father-daughter trip to Hawaii when she learns that the seed money she was counting on for her business has disappeared. 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