‘Jingle Bell Heist’: Olivia Holt, Connor Swindells & More Set For ACE Entertainment Rom-Com

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EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Holt (Totally Killer), Connor Swindells (Barbie), Lucy Punch (Motherland) and Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy) are in production in London on Jingle Bell Heist, a new rom-com that Michael Fimognari (To All the Boys franchise) is directing for ACE Entertainment.

Written by New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter Abby McDonald (Bridgerton), with additional writing by Amy Reed, the film follows Sophia (Holt) and Nick (Swindells), two small-time thieves who discover they’re chasing the same job — robbing one of London’s most infamous department stores on Christmas Eve. Now, they must reluctantly team up, but as their feelings for each other deepen, the secrets they keep may ultimately put their relationship and the heist in jeopardy.

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Matt Kaplan is producing for ACE Entertainment, which is also financing the feature, with Christopher Foss, Matthew Janzen, Aubrey Bendix, and Braden Bochner overseeing production for the company. Mark Lane is exec producing on behalf of TeaShop Films, with Shannon Gibson co-producing.

Best known for starring in the Freeform shows Cruel Summer and Cloak & Dagger, Holt most recently starred opposite Kiernan Shipka in the horror comedy Totally Killer produced for Amazon by Blumhouse. The actress recently made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the classic musical Chicago and has also been seen in the Freeform romantic comedy Turkey Drop.

One of the stars of Netflix’s acclaimed teen sex dramedy Sex Education, Swindells recently starred opposite Dominic West and Jack O’Connell in the show Rogue Heroes for the BBC. Seen over the summer in Greta Gerwig’s record-setting Barbie, he’ll next be seen opposite Rufus Sewell in Netflix’s Scoop and as one of the leads of Nick Hamm’s 14th century drama William Tell.

Most recently, Punch has been seen on Armando Iannucci’s HBO sci-fi comedy Avenue 5 and the BBC’s Motherland, as well as in Greg Mottola’s remake of Confess, Fletch for Mirax. On the film side, she’s also been seen in titles like Into the Woods, Stand Up Guys, Bad Teacher and Hot Fuzz, to name just a few.

Serafinowicz starred in Prime Video’s The Tick and has also been seen on shows like Miracle Workers and Parks and Recreation. Notable film credits include Guardians of the Galaxy, Shaun of the Dead, John Wick: Chapter 2 and The School for Good and Evil. Part of the cast of Netflix’s forthcoming Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, he most recently wrapped on Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen for Netflix and Amazon’s series Dead Hot.

A veteran director, producer and cinematographer, Fimognari most recently directed, exec produced and lensed Netflix’s hit series The Fall of the House of Usher after working with creator Mike Flanagan as his DP on shows like The Midnight Club, Midnight Mass, Doctor Sleep and The Haunting of Hill House. He also directed a couple of episodes of The Midnight Club, as well as the To All the Boys films P.S. I Still Love You and Always and Forever.

Holt is represented by WME, Entertainment 360, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; Swindells by CAA, Hamilton Hodell in the UK and Ziffren Brittenham; Punch by the UK’s United Agents, UTA, and MGMT Entertainment; Serafinowicz by Curtis Brown Group in the UK, UTA, and 3 Arts Entertainment; Fimognari by WME and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; and McDonald by CAA, Exile Entertainment, and Skrzyniarz & Mallean

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