Lacey Chabert, who’s best known for her iconic role as Gretchen Wieners in 2004’s Mean Girls, has officially been cast in Netflix’s newest holiday romantic comedy movie, Hot Frosty.
Chabert is set portray the role of a widow named Cathy, who finds herself falling in love with a snowman. The Party of Five vet is no stranger to the holiday romcom genre, as she has already appeared in over 30 Hallmark Christmas movies since 2010.
“Two years after losing her husband, Cathy magically brings a handsome snowman to life! Through his naïveté, the snowman helps Cathy to laugh, feel and love again, as the two fall for each other just in time for the holidays…and before he melts,” reads the officially logline.
Who’s involved in Hot Frosty?
Hot Frosty hails from director Jerry Ciccoritti (My Life with the Walter Boys, Schitt’s Creek) and writer Russell Hainline (The Santa Summit). Also joining the cast are Dustin Milligan (The People We Hate at the Wedding), Craig Robinson (Killing It), Joe Lo Truglio (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Katy Mixon (Mike and Molly), Lauren Holly (Dumb and Dumber), and Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset). It is being produced by Joel S. Rice (A Tourist’s Guide to Love) and Michael Barbuto (Never Too Late to Celebrate) for Muse Entertainment, with Aren Prupas and Jonas Prupas set as executive producers.
