Roku bringing canceled Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist back for holiday movie

Roku bringing canceled Zoey's Boggling Playlist back for holiday pic

Roku saves Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist with Skylar Astin and Jane Levy

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A very merry Christmas is coming for fans of Zoey'south Extraordinary Playlist. Roku has officially ordered a holiday movie based on the canceled NBC musical series.

Titled Zoey'due south Extraordinary Christmas, the feature-length film will stream exclusively for free on The Roku Channel in the U.S. subsequently this year. It will besides be bachelor on Roku in Canada and the U.K..

Zoey's Boggling Playlist was canceled past NBC in June later two seasons. Producer Lionsgate engaged in talks with Peacock for a third season, but no deal materialized. Instead, Roku stepped in to salvage the bear witness. The vacation film is the beginning step, and co-ordinate to TVLine, if it does well, Roku may order more than episodes.

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The musical dramedy centers on Zoey Clarke (Jane Levy), a software developer who develops the power to hear the innermost thoughts of other people equally popular songs. The show has featured the work of artists like the Beatles, Cyndi Lauper, Baton Joel, Lizzo and Taylor Swift.

Production on Zoey'southward Extraordinary Christmas is gear up to begin side by side calendar week in Vancouver and will reunite the cast, which includes Jane Levy (Zoey), Skylar Astin (Max), Alex Newell (Mo), Mary Steenburgen (Maggie) and Peter Gallagher (Mitch). Series creator Austin Winsberg is writing the script, while series pilot director Richard Shepard is helming the flick.

Along with the movie, The Roku Channel has nabbed the rights to all 25 episodes of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist. They'll exist available on the platform this autumn.

"I am so extremely grateful to The Roku Channel for helping united states go Zoey to sing once more," creator Austin Winsberg, who volition write the movie, said in a argument. "I can't think of a more than appropriate fourth dimension to hear someone'due south heart song than the holidays. And Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas will be an opportunity to provide the fans and new viewers akin a chance to all tap their toes and get in the holiday mood. This bear witness has always been about empathy, compassion and the triumph of the human spirit. The Roku Channel has certain lifted mine and I promise that our film can have the same effect on viewers everywhere."

The Roku Channel is becoming more of forcefulness in the streaming originals landscape. Earlier this twelvemonth, it caused Quibi's library and launched its shows as Roku Originals. The streamer has since ordered new seasons of Reno 911!, Kevin Hart'due south Dice Hart and Most Dangerous Game.

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Kelly is a senior writer covering streaming media for Tom's Guide, and so basically, she watches Tv set for a living. Previously, she was a freelance entertainment writer for Yahoo, Vulture, Idiot box Guide and other outlets. When she's non watching TV and movies for work, she'southward watching them for fun, seeing live music, writing songs, knitting and gardening.