{"id":67464,"date":"2013-11-18T00:59:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T00:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/11\/18\/malinda-williams-begins-production-on-ups-marry-me-for-christmas\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T08:44:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T08:44:40","slug":"malinda-williams-begins-production-on-ups-marry-me-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/malinda-williams-begins-production-on-ups-marry-me-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Malinda Williams begins production on UP’s Marry Me For Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malinda Williams begins production on UP’s Marry Me For Christmas<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

November 18, 2013<\/p>\n

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Production began this week in Atlanta, GA on the UP Original Movie Marry Me For Christmas<\/strong>, a romantic home-for-the-holidays drama with Malinda Williams<\/strong> (\u201cSoul Food,\u201d co-host of ASPiRE\u2019s \u201cexhale,\u201dThe Undershepherd) headlining a talented ensemble cast and serving as an executive producer. Marry Me For Christmas will premiere exclusively on UP on Saturday, December 14 at 7 p.m. EST<\/strong>, with encores at 9 and 11 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n

Produced by Eric Tomosunas<\/strong>\u2019 Swirl Films and Malinda Williams, Roger Melvin<\/strong> (UP\u2019s Sugar Mommas, Love Will Keep Us Together) directs from a script by Rhonda Freeman-Baraka<\/strong> (UP\u2019s Saving Westbrook High, Trinity Goodheart).<\/p>\n

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Along with Williams, the film\u2019s ensemble cast includes Brad James<\/strong> (\u201cFor Better or Worse,\u201d Prisoners), Tamara LaSeon Bass <\/strong>(\u201cBoston Public,\u201d The Fugitive\u201d), Jason Weaver<\/strong> (\u201cThe LeBrons,\u201d \u201cThe Ladykillers\u201d), Karon Riley<\/strong> (\u201cNecessary Roughness,\u201d \u201cSingle Ladies\u201d), Deetta West<\/strong> (Between Sisters, JD Lawrence\u2019s Community Service) and GregAlan Williams<\/strong> (\u201cNecessary Roughness,\u201d \u201cThe West Wing\u201d) with Victoria Rowell<\/strong> (\u201cSingle Ladies,\u201d \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d).<\/p>\n

Smart, stylish Marci Jewel (Malinda Williams) is the owner and creative director of an up-and-coming ad agency and thrilled with her single life in New York \u2013 except during the holidays. While all of her cousins are married and having babies, Marci remains the lone holdout in the large Chandler family clan who has put marriage and motherhood on hold for the sake of her career. As the family\u2019s epic Christmas celebration is about to start, Marci learns that her favorite cousin Dana (Tamera Bass), her husband Frankie (Jason Weaver) and their family are leaving the country for five years on missionary work. So at the last minute, Marci promises to come home for the holidays for the first time in years. With a deadline looming for a new client, she drags her employee Adam (Brad James) in tow to Atlanta and does the only thing she can do in the face of unbearable pressure from her ailing mom Stephanie (Victoria Rowell), aunt Myra (DeEtta West), uncle Donald (GregAlan Williams) and cousins: fakes a fianc\u00e9. While caught up in the family\u2019s frenetic search for the perfect Christmas tree, unexpected wedding planning to her employee, pressing work calls and more, Marci learns some unexpected lessons about love, trust and family, particularly when it comes to her new faux fianc\u00e9 Adam and old beaux Blair (Karon Riley).<\/p>\n

\u201cMarry Me For Christmas is a movie to bring every member of the family around the television together during the Christmas season,\u201d <\/strong>said Barbara Fisher, svp, original programming, UP. \u201cMalinda Williams leads an exceptional cast of actors who make up the extended, matrimonially-driven Chandler clan \u2013 the kind of family who deeply love each other, Christmas and family gossip \u2013 not necessarily in that order. We are happy to bring this wonderful, fun film to our viewers this holiday season.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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