Deadline is reporting that Netflix’s Jingle Jangle musical has added Emmy Award-winner Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele), Phylicia Rashad (Creed, This Is Us), Tony Award-winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline), and newcomer Madalen Mills to star alongside Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland).
Jingle Jangle depicts a cobblestone world that comes to life in the event holiday musical tale of an embattled toymaker (Whitaker), his precocious granddaughter (Mills), and a magical invention.
John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co. will produce alongside Mike Jackson, Talbert and Lyn Sisson-Talbert for 260 Degrees Entertainment, Burr!
Jingle Jangle has been scheduled to release in 2020.