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Why The Writer/Director Of ‘Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey’ Had To Wait 22 Years To Finish The Movie · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. As any cinephile knows,
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Speaker 1: a good movie often takes a few years to make,
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Speaker 1: but Netflix is new holiday flick Jingle Jangle a Christmas Story,
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Speaker 1: literally twenty two years. Literally, that's what it took to
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Speaker 1: come to life. But that's not because of any studio
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Speaker 1: hold ups. It's because writer director David E. Talbert had
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Speaker 1: to wait for one of his primary collaborators to be born,
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Speaker 1: his son, Elias. David is also a playwright, first conceived
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Speaker 1: of the idea as a stage musical, but couldn't nail
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Speaker 1: the right tone. Something was missing, he felt. Seven years ago,
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Speaker 1: his son was born and his vision started coming into clarity,
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Speaker 1: he tells Fast Company. I start to look at the
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Speaker 1: world through his eyes. I would say, what do you
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Speaker 1: think of this design or this character, and he would
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Speaker 1: let me know. That's what gave me the courage this
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Speaker 1: time to do it. It's something really fun. It's happening
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Speaker 1: for fans of Jingle Jingle tomorrow a YouTube sing along
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Speaker 1: with the actual stars of the movie. If you haven't
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Speaker 1: seen Jingle Jangle a Christmas Story Netflix, Now, that's direct
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Speaker 1: from Hollywood.