Great American Family Announces A Royal Christmas Ball With Danica McKellar

Exciting holiday news is here about a new Great American Family movie titled A Royal Christmas Ball (working title). The movie is set to star Danica McKellar and Oliver Rice and will premiere during the Great American Christmas 2024 programming event. Read on to find out more about the movie and its cast.

Danica McKellar & Oliver Rice in A Royal Christmas Ball

According to the press release, Great American Family has announced a new, original holiday movie, A Royal Christmas Ball (working title).

The movie is set to star fan-favorite Danica McKellar and Oliver Rice and will air as part of the network’s Great American Christmas 2024 programming event.

Fans have previously seen Danica in A Royal Date for Christmas and Swing into Romance, while Rice is known for his roles in Firefly Lane and Magic in Mistletoe.

Meanwhile, production starts on the movie this week and will premiere in November. Meanwhile, the waltzes in the movie are choreographed by Dancing With the Stars professional dancer, Gleb Savchencko.

What is the movie about?

In A Royal Christmas Ball Chelsea Jones (McKellar) is a dance instructor and studio owner in Chicago. She loves to inspire kids to find themselves through dance.

However, shortly before the holidays, Chelsea finds a photo she has never seen before. She believes the young woman in the photo is her birth mother, who passed away when she was only five years old.

In the photo, the woman is wearing a wedding dress while reaching for the hand of a man wearing a wedding ring. However, that is all that can be seen of the man Chelsea believes may be her father. Moreover, the photo has a handwritten inscription reading, “Our place, Havenshire, December 23, 1984.”

With only the Internet to help her, a plane ticket and a lifelong determination, Chelsea now has four days in Havenshire to try to solve the mystery of her birth family. Along the way, she sneaks into a castle, teaches a stubborn Prince how to dance, and might be in just the perfect place on Christmas Eve when the bells toll.

Behind the scenes of A Royal Christmas Ball on Great American Family

Bill Abbott, President and CEO of Great American Media spoke about the new movie, saying:

Royal movies are among our viewers’ favorites. Finding love when and where you least expect it is the heart of royal fan fiction and Danica and Oliver do a brilliant job of making heartfelt wishes come true.

“Oliver Rice exudes a dashing Cary Elwes vibe,” said Danica McKellar. “Oliver grew up in London and graduated from Oxford School of Drama and brings genuine nobility to the role of Prince Phillip. I cannot wait for fans to see him in the film,” she added.

Meanwhile, Brad Krevoy, Amy Krell, Vince Balzano, Danica McKellar, Jimmy Townsend, Susie Belzberg Krevoy and Don McBrearty serve as executive producers of A Royal Christmas Ball. Supervising producers are Michael Shepard, Kelly Martin, Michael Beard and David Anselmo. Moreover, the movie is written by March Holland from a story by Danica McKellar and Marcy Holland.

When will the movie premiere on Great American Family

So far, A Royal Christmas Ball is a working title for the movie. However, it is set to premiere at some time in November as part of Great American Family’s Great American Christmas programming event.