‘Happiest Season’ Director Clea DuVall on the Film’s Historic Success, Sequel Hopes, and Aubrey Plaza: ‘She’s a Babe!’ (EXCLUSIVE)

sequel is officially coming to Disney+!During Disney's Investor Day event on Thursday, it was announced that a follow-up to the 1993 Halloween classic would be headed to the streaming service. It was also announced that Adam Shankman () would direct .«Coming exclusively to @DisneyPlus is Hocus Pocus 2, the spooky sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic! @AdamMShankman is set to direct,» Disney tweeted.

Also Read: Aubrey Plaza Joins Power Women Summit 2020When Waxman asked the “Parks and Recreation” alum if she was being “serious” she added: “Yes. I mean, I didn’t sell that yet — but I will.

While she’s still perhaps best known for her comedic turn as the sardonic April on “Parks and Recreation,” Aubrey Plaza has been making a name for herself by nimbly crafting bizarre and offbeat characters. She arguably delivers her best performance to date in “Black Bear,” directed by Lawrence Michael Levine (“Wild Canaries,”) which sees the actress having to play multiple versions of the same character.

Aubrey Plaza believes her “Happiest Season” co-star Kristen Stewart contracted the coronavirus while they were filming the movie earlier this year.  During a recent virtual appearance on “The Late Show,” Plaza was asked by host Stephen Colbert about filming the movie in late February just before the pandemic changed everyone’s way of life in March.  The actress noted that the virus was a topic of conversation on set, but it was not treated with the seriousness it deserved at first.  “Right

Remember all the way back at the beginning of 2020, when we barely knew what coronavirus was? Apparently, Kristen Stewart was finding out pretty intimately.

said on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” last week.Plaza added that a lot of people on the set got sick around that time and no one thought anything of it.“It was the last week of February so people were starting, it was like that zone where people were starting to talk about coronavirus, but people were laughing about it,” she said. “No one understood how serious it was.

Happiest Season last month, they likely just intended for the movie to be a cutesy rom-com about going home for the holidays to meet the parents with a queer spin, but as luck would have it, it has become one of the year's most highly contested contribution to lesbian pop culture.The long and short of it is that audiences have been very vocal about how badly they wanted one of the film's stars, Kristen Stewart, to ditch her character's girlfriend played by Mackenzie Davis for a tertiary

, but the set of the hit holiday romance wasn't exactly a happy place the whole time. Actress Aubrey Plaza revealed onthat the Hulu film's star, Kristen Stewart, as well as many others on the set got sick with what she believes to be COVID-19. Sharing that they filmed the moving in late February, Plaza noted, «Yes, right before COVID, in fact, COVID was on our set.

Aubrey Plaza has revealed Kristen Stewart contracted coronavirus while filming “Happiest Season”.

Aubrey Plaza, who has been receiving a lot of fan love for her performance in Happiest Season, recently appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to talk about the Christmas film.

Aubrey Plaza has revealed some big news about Kristen Stewart.

Premiering back at Sundance 2020, “Black Bear” might not have made waves equal in size to some (hello “Minari” and “Palm Springs”), but it certainly caused a stir among critics.

This post contains spoilers about Hulu's new rom-com Happiest Season.When Happiest Season, the we've been waiting to see forever, dropped on Hulu this November, the Internet was instantly divided over its “happy” ending. According to scores of fans on Twitter, many viewers Abby () find love with Riley, who was played by the wonderfully charming .

Spoiler warning: This interview reveals plot points of “Happiest Season.“ READ MORE: ‘Happiest Season’: Kristen Stewart & Mackenzie Davis Shine Bright In A Coming Out Xmas Romcom [Review] Hulu’s “Happiest Season” is a bonafide hit – breaking premiere records, scoring the most-watched status during its opening weekend, attracting more new subscribers than any previous movie title on the platform, and trended on Twitter.

Mary Holland, who plays 's sci-fi loving, still-single-and-ready-to-jingle middle sister (and who co-wrote the movie with director Clea DuVall), feels the love. Although, being anything less than smothering in your love would be a very un-Jane thing to do.Hulu's new Christmas rom-com debuted over the Thanksgiving holiday, scratching an itch for everyone unable to travel home for their annual fix of family drama.

is essentially a heist movie with the number of supporting cast members who steal scenes: Mary Holland walking off with a scene here, Dan Levy chewing scenery there, there's even a cameo from Michelle Buteau. But Aubrey Plaza is the undisputed hero of the film.«There is just something else going on with this movie that felt very important, to have a gay Christmas rom-com.

The new holiday romantic comedy Happiest Season is now streaming on Hulu and the general consensus among people who have watched the film is that they wish it ended differently.

loves Christmas movies, but she never saw herself reflected in them. DuVall, who is gay and as both an actress and a director has frequently talked about the importance of LGBT portrayals throughout her career, decided to change that, and wrote and directed “Happiest Season” so she could see her experiences reflected in holiday rom-coms.“In a lot of ways, this movie is autobiographical just in that I’ve been both characters at different times in this movie,” DuVall told TheWrap.