1 WTAF JUST HAPPENED?

Something happened after the release of Bad Moms in the Summer of 2016. A Bad Moms movement was unleashed. Something we couldn’t quite put our chipped finger nails on. The filmmakers felt confident that they had made a hilarious film, but were bowled over to see it go on to gross north of $180 million dollars worldwide. Gangs of moms of all generations hit the theatres to see Bad Moms and enjoy a night out on the town with their besties; free from responsibility and ready to party.

Whether your bottle of choice for these outings contained wine or nail polish, it was clear that there was safety in numbers. Moms needed other moms to get them through the day. The monotony of responsibilities of helming the home was tiresome and mamas everywhere needed to take a break and check out now and then. A camaraderie was forming among moms of all ages no matter what their situation, with Bad Moms as the catalyst for change. The film reverberated with moms around the globe and became a part of the zeitgeist, and a group of women banded together and a Bad Moms movement was unleashed.

What Bad Moms leading ladies Amy (Mila Kunis), Kiki (Kristen Bell), and Carla (Kathryn Hahn) represented was freedom. Freedom to fuck up. Freedom to do the best you can and still fuck up. It was a relief to see the honesty of being a mom portrayed on the big screen with Bad Moms, and now A Bad Moms Christmas is here to bring that same real mom spirit to the holidays.

A Bad Moms Christmas, reunites the dynamic team of Bad Moms: Writers/Directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, and Producer Suzanne Todd.

Returning as the stars of A Bad Moms Christmas are the triple threat cast of Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn as Amy, Kiki and Carla. This time around, our bad moms receive a holiday visit from their own mothers, in roles portrayed by Cheryl Hines (Kiki’s mom), Christine Baranski (Amy’s mom), and Susan Sarandon (Carla’s mom).

Also starring are returning cast members Jay Hernandez, Oona Laurence, Emjay Anthony and Wanda Sykes, alongside newcomers Peter Gallagher and Justin Hartley, who join these two generations of moms in the chaos of the holiday season.

Also returning members of the Bad Moms creative team: Director of Photography Mitchell Amundsen, Production Designer Marcia Hinds, Editor James Thomas, Costume Designer Julia Caston, and Composer Christopher Lennertz.

A Bad Moms Christmas follows our three underappreciated and overburdened moms as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas. As if

2 creating a more perfect holiday for their families wasn’t hard enough, the moms have to juggle creating Christmas cheer while simultaneously hosting and entertaining their own mothers. By the end of the journey, Amy, Carla & Kiki will redefine how to make the holidays special for all and discover a closer relationship with their mothers.

KEEP CALM AND JINGLE ON

Writer/Directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore and Producer Suzanne Todd sensed audiences wanted more of this titillating trifecta of women after the release of Bad Moms. Of diving into the sequel, Moore says “In the first movie the idea is ‘I love being a mom but sometimes its too much and it drives me crazy’. When we started looking at what to do with the sequel and started talking about Christmas, that felt very similar. It’s like you don’t hate Christmas, everybody likes Christmas, but sometimes it just gets to be too much.”

Says Lucas, “Once we came across the Christmas idea, it was too big to ignore. Any time you have family together that you don’t see very often, or that you don’t want to see, and there’s too much money and too much booze… it’s all combustible and fodder for comedy.”

3 The Lucas and Moore filmmaker duo have written their share of other Christmas movies such as Office Christmas Party and Four Christmases. Explaining their love—and semi-hate—relationship with Christmas, Lucas says, “We love it, we adore it, we love that time of year – at the same time we hate it, we are overwhelmed. This film is a new look at Christmas and everything moms endure for their families during the holidays.”

Says Todd, “This idea, which I have certainly bought into as a mom, and assuming other people have too, is that it is sort of never enough. Not the right lunch for your kid, or in this case not the right Christmas present. This attitude is really not helping us, and not helping our children.”

Adds Todd, “Like the first movie, the idea of A Bad Moms Christmas is to tear down some of these personal, societal, and cultural norms of both torturing ourselves for not being good enough moms and allowing other people to put us in a place of self doubt about how we mother our children. We want to express that it’s okay to be yourself and not worry about the noise of Christmas cards, and dinner, and all the rest of it. At the end of the day, it’s about enjoying the holidays more and stressing less. ”

GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER

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So what about Christmas could audiences all relate to and laugh at as well? What really pushes someone’s buttons at holiday time? There is one answer and one answer only. Your mom.

Says Moore, “We knew we would have a fun lively movie again with the fantastic combo of Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn, but we also wanted to have a subject that we felt interesting, and that is when we upped the ante by adding the mom’s moms in this movie.”

Todd was pleased with the writers’ direction, “This films opens up a lot of new territory of dealing with the holidays, and how these grown up mother/daughter relationships evolve.”

Adds Lucas, “The idea of Christmas is a classic example of something that is really fun but for some reason through society or whatever, we are told not to enjoy it. If you cut all that away it is really a wonderful time of year - your family is around and everyone is giving each other presents, but somehow we have sucked the joy out of it by making it so stressful.” Moore picks up where his partner left off, “Also, in the mother daughter relationship if you get caught in ‘she did this’ or ‘she was telling me to do that,’ you could pick apart that relationship all day or you can just enjoy it a little more.”

WHEN I THINK ABOUT YOU I TOUCH MY ELF

A year later we find our original Bad Moms Amy, Kiki, and Carla in the throws of the Christmas season.

Mila Kunis once again plays the lovable and vivacious Amy, doing her best to keep it together at the holidays with the normal chaos of decorating, baking, tree trimming, buying and wrapping presents. Further complicating things, this Christmas she and her new(ish) boyfriend Jessie (Jay Hernandez) are blending their families, and Amy is determined to make the holidays a hit at any cost.

Says Kunis, “I think it took a minute for the men to go it’s okay for them to see the movie. And when they did, they got it. Moms need to decompress. Moms are still women. Women who need to have a life outside of being a mom for their own sanity.”

Kathryn Hahn returns as Carla, a single working mom whose nail art matches her mood. She is ready for a good time at a moment’s notice…just make her a proposition. You never know what is going to come out of her mouth. Says Kathryn Hahn, “Bad Moms struck a chord with a huge audience that was waiting to have a cathartic release watching a bunch of moms let loose on

5 camera. In this film, you add to that the most complicated of all love stories which is between a mother and daughter.”

Kristen Bell returns as Kiki. Four small children are enough to drive any mom crazy, and Kiki is no exception. Kiki is doing her best to find a balance between her child-rearing and spending “special” time with her husband. Says Bell, “Audiences can all relate to motherhood in some way. You either know a mom, are a mom, or have a mom. It’s a universal theme and the stress of motherhood particularly in this day and age is a lot.”

THREE FRENCH HENS

On why their threesome has resonated with audiences worldwide Hahn states,“ I had never met Mila or Kristen before Bad Moms. The only way I can describe it is that it is effortless. We each bring something to the band.”

Bell continues on why the relationship works, “Kathryn, Mila and I are friends in real life, and we feel very safe with each other and are willing to try anything on screen.”

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Mila Kunis agrees, “We all find ourselves talking about our kids. We share stories on set of what we did with our kids, comparing notes, and that’s always a bonding moment.”

Todd beams when she talks about her leading ladies, “I think we lucked out with the magic between the three of them. They’re all moms of little kids; they’re all young moms themselves, and they love each other. I think that came through onscreen, how truly supportive they are and how genuine their friendship is.”

Kunis relates, “These movies have so much empathy towards the women in the world, whether you are a working mom, a stay at home mom, or a struggling mom that has it all. These movies allow you to realize you are not alone.”

Hahn concludes, “Christmas is such a perfect time of the year for this movie to happen as so many women are out there making magic.”

IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE COCKTAILS

The filmmakers talked a lot with Mila, Kristen, and Kathryn about casting their moms because they wanted their moms to share the same prototypes of each of their own personalities.

Kristen Bell enjoyed the process, “By introducing our mothers you see why we are who we are. And I think your parents can push your buttons because they installed your buttons.”

Says Suzanne Todd, “Amy’s mom is very overbearing, Kiki’s mom has no boundaries, and Carla’s mom is pretty much the explanation for the way she is. We talked directly to our leading ladies about what actresses they thought may be a good fit to be their mom on this A Bad Moms Christmas journey.”

The filmmakers intentionally wanted moms from different generations, and mother-daughter relationships that had different age gaps. This gave the filmmakers an opportunity to choose from the best actresses in Hollywood. Todd couldn’t be happier and claims they hit the casting lottery, “The nice thing for us is we had so many great actresses that wanted to be involved with A Bad Moms Christmas, as they had seen Bad Moms and loved the message - stress less and enjoy motherhood more. When we started talking about who would actually play the roles, it was even more exciting because there are so many actresses in that age group and category and we felt like we had a wealth to pick from.”

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GOLD, FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH (OR, THE THREE WISE WOMEN)

Christine Baranski plays Amy’s mom, Ruth, a stickler and perfectionist who loves Christmastime and considers the holidays a competitive sport. Like everything else she does, she tackles the yuletide spirit with 100% enthusiasm, conviction, and intensity. Ruth’s overbearing ways often overshadow her softer qualities, but at the core she loves and is proud of Amy. Ruth and her husband Hank, played by Peter Gallagher, have come from Palm Beach to be in Chicago with their daughter and grandkids for Christmas.

Says Todd, “If what you saw in the first movie is that Amy is a perfectionist, then Ruth is a super perfectionist. You’ll see the origins of how that began, and how you grow into that role, and how the torture of that is a learned behavior.”

Says Baranski, “There is nothing more real than a family in terms of relationships, and there is no richer terrain for comedy than with mothers and daughters.”

8 About Mila Kunis, Baranski says “Mila is just the most easygoing young actress I have ever met. I mean she’s unflappable.”

The admiration is mutual as Mila says of Baranski, “I have yet to find a weakness in her. That woman is an animal. She’s killer on the trampoline, and an incredible actress and more physically fit than any one of us. She’s just so game for it all. I really admire her.”

Cheryl Hines plays Sandy, Kiki’s mom. Says Todd, “Kiki and her mom are a different story. Kiki’s mom has lost her husband and since she became widowed has not really found her way. Sandy focuses all her love and adoration on Kiki, but hasn’t been able to maintain healthy boundaries in doing that. She’s clingy and overbearing. Kiki and her mother are at a crossroads in their lives when they have to endure a new conflict together to find new ground.”

“Sandy can be a tad smothering,“ says Hines. “But she and Kiki are cut from the same cloth, as they are very sweet, well-intentioned people. So it’s hard for Kiki to tell her mom to stop her behavior.”

About Kristen Bell, Hines says, “Kristen is very intuitive. She has great comedic timing and doesn’t break no matter how funny things get on set, and she always comes from a truthful place.”

Kristen Bell loved being reunited with Hines, “I’ve known Cheryl for over ten years, and to be paired with her made me so excited as she is a super funny, outgoing lady. Sandy and Kiki are much closer in age than the other moms, as Sandy had Kiki when she was eighteen. Sandy can’t loosen her grip on Kiki, so Kiki finally has to put her foot down and say that she needs space.”

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Susan Sarandon plays Isis, Carla’s mom. Isis is a carefree stoner spirit like her daughter…and then some. Passing a joint or sharing high heeled boots, whatever the circumstance... the apple bong doesn’t fall far from the tree with this mother-daughter pair.

Kathryn Hahn and a little help from email brought Susan on board. The filmmakers and Hahn both really wanted Sarandon to play Isis but weren’t sure she was available. Says Sarandon, “Kathryn Hahn actually wrote me a letter that came with the offer and I’m a big fan of hers… I think she’s enormously talented, big-hearted and brave as hell.”

Kathryn wrote her an email stating, “My ovaries really need you in this movie. I feel it.” Jon Lucas says, “And Susan wrote an email back saying, ‘Who am I to argue with your ovaries?’ Which is the greatest acceptance letter of all time.”

Says Todd, “With Carla you get to see what her mother was like and understand what kind of environment she grew up in and why she makes the choices she makes. In the first film we see Carla really evolve by the end of the movie, and turn into a better mom. In this film you see the exploration of that as Carla changes, so does the relationship with her mom.”

10 On Susan Sarandon playing her mother, or acting more like her sister in the film, Kathryn Hahn had to stop in her tracks often and pinch herself that it was really happening. “I cannot believe I am in the same frame with Louise as in Thelma and Louise or from Bull Durham, or Dead Man Walking. Susan is just so game and hilarious and just jumped into this madness with both feet. She is delicious.”

“My character certainly doesn’t suffer with trying to be perfect. She would be the one Antichrist in this narrative… It was hard because I think she has to be really unaware otherwise she’s just despicable, so how do you make someone really unaware without making them an idiot? I think because she wasn’t raised herself, she just has no clue and she had Carla very young. They kind of grew up together. She doesn’t judge other people. She has adjusted to the problems of her life and to the fact that she has so little and such little stability. It is just that she’s decided to be happy about it.”

Says Lucas, “Its been really fun getting new blood in this film. I’ve never worked with Cheryl, Christine, or Susan before, but between all of them their experience with R-rated comedies has made it fun and unpredictable.”

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ROUND YOUNG VIRGIN, MOTHER AND CHILD (WHO ARE WE KIDDING?)

As Facebook says ‘it’s complicated,’ and Todd agrees, “Your relationship with your mother is always evolving. In the film this is a moment when Amy and her mom have to take a look at their relationship and decide how it is going to change based on the conflict. And it is so fitting that all our moms cast, and all our mom’s moms cast, have daughters themselves in their real lives.”

Says Moore, “There is no way your child is going to parent the same way you did, so there is friction. When your child parents differently than the way you did, you can’t help but feel judged.”

Continues Moore, “As a parent, whether you are a mom or a dad, there is this point when your kids become adults and you go from having a parent/child relationship to being peers, and we found that dynamic really interesting.”

The moms’ moms had palpable chemistry from day one on set. Says Hines, “The three moms’ moms characters shared the realization that we have to figure out our own lives, that we can’t just hope our daughters are going to put up with our shit, though it would be more fun for us if they did.”

Inquiring minds want to know if Lucas and Moore ever based their Bad Moms characters on their own real life family members. Says Lucas, “We’ve seen certain patterns in other family relationships that we stole from, but the mom’s moms are a pretty eclectic bunch, so I would never want to say they resemble anyone in our family. These are more things we have observed.”

12 Says Moore, “We have heard that a lot of people were shocked that Bad Moms was written by two men, we like to think that ‘yes, we wrote it,’ but a lot of it came from listening to our wives. We were less creating it than being documentary filmmakers.” Lucas laughs, “And that’s as close as we are ever going to get to documentary filmmaking.”

LORDS A LEAPING

Returning for A Bad Moms Christmas is Amy’s boyfriend Jessie, played by Jay Hernandez. Jessie and Amy are further along in their relationship and spending Christmas as a blended family. Jessie however isn’t prepared for Amy’s mom’s antics as the most wonderful time of the year escalates to chaos.

Hernandez had many moments on the set when the dialogue would ring true. “I kept looking over my shoulder wondering how did Jon and Scott know that my own mother has said that same thing to me?” Continues Hernandez, “Real life mothers put their genetic imprint on their daughters. You can’t avoid it, whether you like it or not.”

Hernandez gives credit to the all the moms out there who are raising their kids. “They have a lot on their plate, and sometimes they just have to cut loose like in the first film and now in A Bad Moms Christmas. It was a good reminder to everybody, including myself.”

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FELIZ NAVI-DADS

Peter Gallagher joins the cast as Hank, Amy’s father and Ruth’s husband. Gallagher and Christine Baranski are old friends, as they starred together over thirty years ago in the Broadway hit The Real Thing, and many years later when Gallagher had a role on “The Good Wife.”

“Ruth has control issues,” says Gallagher. “She wears the pants in the family and sometimes she lets Hank wear the pants, but mostly he is wearing shorts.” Adds Gallagher, “It’s great to be a dad in A Bad Moms Christmas because sometimes you have to stand in the background and just watch. Jay Hernandez and I are perfectly happy to take a back seat to this extraordinarily funny female cast. For every mother or daughter who feels like their experience hasn’t been recognized, this is your movie. You’ll be howling.”

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NORTH POLE DANCER

As fireman-moonlighting-as-seasonal-exotic-dancer Ty Swindell, Justin Hartley (‘This Is Us’) confesses shaking his moneymaker doesn’t come naturally. “People are afraid of heights or public speaking, I’m afraid of dancing. Taking on this role was fun and so different for me as ‘This Is Us’ is on the serious side.”

When the writers were asked if the idea was autobiographical Lucas said, “Well Scott and I have done a lot of Sexy Santa competitions. We’ve never middled or even placed, we’re usually dead last.”

Baranski was a bit smitten with Justin, “He is so yummy and gifted. He obviously does a skilled sexy dance, but what really impressed me was how sweet he was.”

Hines blushes, “Justin was really great. He was the only one dancing, and the only one taking his clothes off while everyone watches. But he was really good at what he did. No complaints here.”

15 Even Todd who has worked with Hollywood’s most talented and handsome men gets tongue tied, “Justin Hartley is in this movie? Really? Is Justin Hartley naked in this movie? Oh wait, I think Justin Hartley is naked in this movie.”

Hartley was honored and so excited to get the call to be involved with this film. “I just love the concept of this female led comedy about women and how mothers are so busy they literally don’t have any time to take care of themselves, and instead do everything for their kids and spouses. They are the center of the universe, and deserve every bit of recognition they get.”

…..THINGS ARE GLISTENING

Hartley’s first day of work on the set of A Bad Moms Christmas found him in hot wax (literally) opposite cosmetician Carla, played by Kathryn Hahn.

Says Hartley, “There are days when you show up to work and you have to take your clothes off. I will probably never get the opportunity to do something this crazy again. Kathryn was so much fun to ad lib with. At one point they had to cool off the cameras because we were running and riffing too long.”

Says Hahn, “Justin showed up on the set where everyone already has a short hand from the first movie and he just stole it. We really had a ball.” Kathyrn likes puns.

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WE WISH YOU A MERRY KID-MAS

Actors Emjay Anthony and Oona Laurence return as Amy’s kids Dylan and Jane in A Bad Moms Christmas.

Though Emjay and Oona themselves are too young to see the R-rated comedy, they had a great time on the set joining in on the humor with the crazy talented cast of moms and mom’s moms.

Says Emjay, “I watch what the cast does. They keep adding funny things, and sometimes dirty things to each take. It’s hilarious every day.” Adds Laurence, “I’m intimidated to be among all these stars. It’s really cool. They are having the best time, and it feels like a dream.”

Also returning to the franchise is Cade Cooksey as Jaxon, Carla’s son, and says his movie mom is the opposite of his real life mom. “Carla is so unpredictable. It’s hilarious but not very stable. It’s hard to not laugh during takes.”

Ariana Greenblatt (Disney Channel’s “Stuck In the Middle”) joins the cast as Lori, daughter to Jessie. She enjoys hanging out with Oona and Emjay, “We have dinner together all the time, and it’s like they are my real brother and sister.”

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EAT, DRINK, AND GO TO THERAPY

Wanda Sykes returns to the world of Bad Moms again as the impatient therapist Dr. Karl. This time in her chair seeking counseling is Kiki and her mother Sandy, as Dr. Karl tries to navigate and solve their all too familiar dysfunctional relationship with her own untraditional methods.

Says Sykes, “Your mom is the closest person to you. But at the same time you always hurt the one who’s closest to you.” Dr. Karl is a unique therapist in her approach. Dr. Karl tells it like it is. Says Sykes, “Dr. Karl is gonna tell you what’s wrong with you, and then send you on your way. I don’t even know how she stays in business. She thinks Kiki and Sandy are bat shit crazy.”

Sykes is clear on what it takes for moms to survive Christmas, “Lots of alcohol. Spike the egg nog.”

RUDOLPH THE DERANGED DEER

The filmmakers were surprised at how much the cast of A Bad Moms Christmas pushed the envelope of this R-rated comedy. “They would do anything,” says Moore. Continues Lucas, “Women in these kinds of R-rated comedies often are just standing there saying ‘tisk, tisk, tisk’ while the men are having all of the fun, and now these women have changed that.”

Says Moore, “In our movies the guys are the ones saying the right things and making the right choices, and the girls can be the ones who say the horrible things and get to behave like animals. For our cast I have to believe it is kind of fun.”

Moore and Lucas confess that it is always fun writing Carla. Says Moore “Just take everything you are not allowed to say everyday and write it down in CAPS.” Continues Lucas,” The best stuff is when our amazing moms and mom’s moms take it, tweak it, and make it organically their own. Certain actors love going by book, others like to improvise. It’s sort of like parenting, you are trying to give people what they need.”

Says Moore, “I think at the end of the day women are as raunchy as men they just don’t express it as much. In Bad Moms the pink hoodie scene discussed in the bathroom was pitched by Suzanne Todd’s deranged mind, and not from our deranged minds.”

18 Lucas and Moore give a shout out to their wives who they say read everything they write, and also their collaborator, producer Suzanne Todd, who on the set is a great sounding board for what works for the Bad Moms fans.

Say Lucas, “There are a couple of big beats with a stripper in the film that we had an idea that we thought would be funny for the scene, then Suzanne said ‘actually let’s make him smoking hot.’ Suzanne said, ‘when he takes his shirt off, the audience wants the real deal.’”

Laughs Todd, “Yes! Give us our moment. The audience shouldn’t be laughing they should be saying ‘oh yeah.’”

Concludes Lucas, “The people who liked the first film want and expect a sort of R-rated comedy from this film too, and we are going to give it to them and then some.”

DO YOU WEAR WHAT I WEAR

Costume Designer, Julia Caston once again joins the Bad Moms team for A Bad Moms Christmas.

Caston wanted to make Bad Moms Amy relatable to every woman and mom. “I used very simple lines and silhouettes on Amy, nothing to confuse the eye,” says Caston.

On Kiki, Caston summed up Kiki’s style as outdated, disheveled, and last on her to-do list. “In the beginning of Bad Moms Kiki didn’t have any time for herself, but that changed. So in this movie I have given her a bit more style, rather than an uptight kind of mess. She’s very pink in this one, and also a whole lot of mint going on with her wardrobe palette.”

Add Kristen Bell, “Kiki still loves a good wool sweater, but I am wearing a little more eye makeup in this movie thanks to Carla.”

Dressing Carla continues to be a hoot. “She only wears heels, and always accessorizes,” says Caston. “Katherine Hahn is game for anything. We took her into a room where we pulled outfits we thought Carla would wear and went for it. Carla is that alter ego inside all of use that just wants to have fun and walk down the street and be like ‘look at me!’.

Katherine Hahn loved the choices Caston gave her character, “Carla has a real sense of style that is individual and authentic. When something speaks to her, she’s just going to wear it. You can’t stop her.”

19 Caston was surprised at how many random emails she received from Bad Moms fans all over the world after the release of the first film. Fans would say how they could relate to what each of the Bad Moms was wearing, and thanked Caston for her efforts. But what surprised her the most was that Carla’s outfits had their own fan base and she received suggestions and pointers and where to find more Carla-esque outfits. “Its really nice to hear that these individual characters looks ring true with different types of women from Israel to Alaska to Asia.”

When Caston heard the casting of the mom’s mom of Baranski/Hines/Sarandon, she was super excited to create their individual onscreen looks. Says Caston, “For Isis/Susan Sarandon, I really wanted to give her a salt of the earth and gypsy traveler sort of feel. We repeat a lot of her clothes, and they are all very worn.” And leather, a lot of leather. Caston sourced pieces that reflected where Isis may have been. Morocco, Santa Fe, a circus, or maybe just on the road. Says Caston, “Isis is a little bohemia, a little hippie, a little rocker all rolled up into awesomeness.”

As Caston and her team came up with a look for Sandy/Cheryl Hines, it was clear the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. “There is no way not to notice that Sandy and Kiki share a lack of fashion sense. Comfort and practicality wins over style. And that Kiki-faced sweatshirt that Sandy wears is the icing on the cake.” Caston collected old childhood photos from Kristen Bell’s real life mom to get the right shot to grace the front of the Kiki faced sweatshirt Sandy wears upon her arrival for Christmas.

Christine Baranski as Ruth was a costume designer’s dream. “Ruth comes to Chicago by way of Palm Beach. When you first see her she is a bit icy, like the evil queen. Then she switches to an over the top red dress at an otherwise icy-blue Christmas party. You get the impression this perfectionist is dressed to the nines no matter what the occasion.” Ruth’s cashmere and coats confirm that she has only the finest taste in clothes. Baranski comments on her chic outfit, complete with fur collar, “I’m Christmas Barbie in this movie.”

Dressing extras for Christmas in May and June could be tough for the tireless wardrobe department. But Caston, who has been called a hoarder, had over a hundred Christmas sweaters in her own possession along with dozens of pairs of Christmas pajamas.

Says Caston, “We didn’t just stick to a red, green, and gold for the wardrobe in the film. Jon and Scott wanted things to feel more realistic and not box us in with the usual Christmas palette. This gave us a lot of freedom.”

The character of Ruth also initiates a caroling outing with her family, in which all have to dress up in costume as Dickensian characters. Caston had fun creating for this scene from the choir’s red robes, to the chimney sweep costume all the way to a hunchback costume.

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In this caroling scene as various doors in the neighborhood are opened to the carolers, you may notice some familiar faces of filmmakers and crew making cameos including director Scott Moore and his real life wife and children, and also director of photography Mitchell Amundsen and his wife.

Caston recalls having the pleasure of creating looks for the sexy Santa contest scene featuring eight male strippers, and specifically a costume for Ty Swindel, fireman by day, and stripper extraordinaire by night.

Says Caston, “Each of the gorgeous men had a full Santa suit, complete with hat, boots, and a huge belt, along with a version of a hot sexy g-string or sexy underpants underneath. You walk the line in these type of costume fittings, you don’t want to be garish, but want to make it fun.”

BABY IT’S COLD? OUTSIDE

A Bad Moms Christmas takes place in Chicago in the heart of winter. So when the filmmakers thought where can we shoot a Christmas movie with tons of snow and heavy parkas? What better place than Atlanta in the late Spring/Summer!

Atlanta was home to A Bad Moms Christmas. Production began in early May 2017 and for two months the cast and crew parked themselves in interiors and exteriors all over the city. There was no stage work in the film. Only real locations were used.

The interior of Amy’s house was on Mell Avenue, and the exterior of Amy’s house on McClendon Avenue, both in the charming and friendly Atlanta suburb of Candler Park.

Says Baranski about enduring the heat in her winter wardrobe, “We were filming a scene on a front lawn in Candler Park that was decked out in fake snow, and I was in fur and woolen gloves pretending that it’s cold. It was hilarious.”

Kiki’s house took the cast and crew to Decatur, Georgia where Heatherwood Drive neighbors welcomed the production with open arms.

Meehan’s Irish Bar in downtown Atlanta became bustling during daylight hours on a weekend and doubled for the Strip Club scene.

21 The beautiful historic All Saints Episcopal Church, built in 1901, in midtown Atlanta became the back drop as we approached the end of the film when all three mom’s moms gathered in the pews to reflect bluntly on their relationships with their daughters.

Sky Zone in Newnan, Georgia was closed for three days to the public as A Bad Moms Christmas cast and crew and a few hundred extras took over the trampolines and played dodge ball to film a key sequence. The entire cast worked in these scenes, and enjoyed getting physical with one another with somersaults and pugil sticks.

Jon Lucas warns about the perils of trampoline parks, “Don’t do flips, by the way, if you are over the age of like fourteen, you can’t do a flip. You’re going to die. But those places are really fun, and it’s fun to see grown ups who are all very professional instantly turn into children again the minute they walk through the door.”

Harry Brooks Drive in Adams Crossing, Georgia became the exterior of Amy’s street, complete with twelve house exteriors all decorated to the tee as a snowy Christmas. This is the set location where Amy and her family venture out to go caroling at Ruth’s urging. In this very friendly neighborhood, local neighborhood moms enjoyed cocktails and wine in the streets during filming in the Bad Moms spirit, as their kids held up signs for the cast and crew that said “Merry Xmas Bad Moms.”

Carla’s house interior and exterior was shot in Smyrna, Georgia on Lake Court SE as Susan Sarandon as Isis pulls up in a semi to visit her daughter, Carla for the holidays.

Ty Swindel gets an intimate waxing from Carla inside the fictitious Okole Spa, which in reality was the posh Mandarin Oriental Spa in Buckhead, who graciously welcomed in the cast and crew after hours to shoot.

Habitat For Humanity Restore in Reynoldstown became the grocery store where Carla and Isis renew their bond, and Oglethorpe University set the stage for the PTA scene where our three moms make gingerbread houses.

22 I SAW MOMMY $%#*&*ING SANTA CLAUS

In the mall sequence in the film, our three original moms have a tad too much to drink at the food court and decide to take back Christmas.

This sequence took three nights to shoot and shot at three different malls in Atlanta, first at Phipps Plaza, then at Lenox Mall, and finishing up at Cumberland Mall.

Phipps Plaza Mall was chosen for its beautiful grand veranda and winding staircase. Production Designer Marcia Hinds worked with the team at Phipps and borrowed a few of their internal 30 foot to 40 foot Christmas trees. The 40 foot Christmas tree was the largest artificial Christmas tree used in the film. Storefronts and store windows at the high end Phipps Plaza Mall were decorated with Christmas décor as the Mall continued to stay open to the public.

Many patrons passing by were confused as to why this portion of the Phipps Mall was decked out for Christmas. But they went with the flow, many of them taking photos with one another in front of the large decorated trees to be used as their upcoming Christmas card.

Also shot in the wee hours of the night at Phipps Plaza was the Santa Lap dance with Amy, Kiki and Carla getting untraditional on Santa’s lap.

Says Kristen Bell, “We shot this scene at two in the morning and it was the the last shot after a really long work day. Mila, Kathryn, and I were all wondering if we were crossing the line as we got our freak on, but honestly I don’t think this is the first time Santa had a lap dance.”

After Phipps Plaza Mall, the crew moved to shoot at Lenox Mall. Lenox gave production the support of Williams-Sonoma where the threesome spikes the cider samples, and also Lady Foot Locker, from where the ladies “borrow” a silver Christmas tree laden with footwear ornaments that becomes Amy’s tree at home.

Cumberland Mall was all about shooting the Food Court after hours, where the indulgence of the three ladies is what gets them into trouble in the first place.

More than a thousand extras, described as everything from shoppers to elf helpers, were used over the course of the three days of shooting the Mall sequence. All extras came to work wearing their winter wardrobe, and then production topped it off with some hats, scarves, and shopping bags accessories.

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KISS ME UNDER THE CAMELTOE

Hinds was thrilled to get the call to continue her collaboration with Jon Lucas and Scott Moore on A Bad Moms Christmas after the wild ride they shared on Bad Moms.

Shooting a Christmas movie set in Chicago, but actually filming in Atlanta in the spring and summer would have its challenges. The art department work trucks on set were spewing with stockings, ornaments, Christmas lights, shopping bags, wreaths, wrapped presents, and garland. Everything you needed to celebrate Christmas right then and there.

At Amy’s house interior, Hinds created three different looks for Christmas, redressing the set inside this practical house location several times in the middle of production shooting.

The first being Amy’s vision for Christmas before her mom, Ruth, arrives, the second being Ruth’s vision of Christmas, and the third being the mixture of the mom and daughter décor.

Says Hinds, “Amy’s Christmas palette is warm, and green, and natural while her mothers is a blanket of frozen, silver, chilly, blue sparkle, and whites that is completely over the top. And then when they do Christmas together it is a little more natural and homemade. Ruth of course thinks her décor is elegant, and even comments that her Christmas tree is from Paris.”

Ruth’s version of a full blown Christmas party was decorated by Hinds and her team, including Set Decorator Kristie Thompson, down to the smallest of details. Champagne and champagne fountains mixed with passed hors d’oeuvres and swag bags by waiters in tuxedos. Ice sculptures glistened in the blue lights with white chiffon drapery and peacock feathers, surrounding a sushi chef.

Says Kristen Bell, “In my real life we decorate our house for Christmas from toes to tits. I think I get that from my mother who keeps her Christmas tree up all year round. That’s not a joke.”

The art department office had a craft room which any chef would envy where they handmade the authentic-looking family Christmas decorations. Says Thompson, “Kiki’s house in the film is all about handmade crafty things. We had a team of people that made little Xmas tree ornaments for a week, day and night, out of popsicle sticks, pipe cleaner, and construction paper, and all the things kids would use. Kiki loved plaid, so needless to say her Christmas tree decorations reflected that too.”

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OH COME ALL YE WASTED

One of the biggest challenges of the film for Hinds in conjunction with the Special Effects department was creating the exterior garish display of Ruth’s vision of the Twelve Days of Christmas on the front lawn of Amy’s house.

Lights, creatures, and mechanics made up a spectacle for all the neighbors to see. The Special Effects department for the film left no turtle dove unturned as they executed Hinds’s vision of Ruth’s “cavalcade.” The yard was jam packed with this bigger than life décor.

“We took an ‘It’s a Small World’ type of concept and spun it from there. We hand made and built from scratch multiple figurines from eight maids actually milking to eleven lords actually leaping to the ten drummer boys drumming. All of the figurines were mechanically rigged with motors by our Special Effects department and surrounded by fake snow. It was quite a sight in the middle of an Atlanta suburb in the heart of summer,” says Hinds.

Continues set decorator Kristie Thompson, “Marcia designed every inch of this cavalcade. She brought in sculptors, illustrators, and then Special Effects made it all go into motion. The mechanics of it were just brilliant.”

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Says Christine Baranski, “It’s Christmas on acid. Ruth pushes it to the extreme, and keeps telling her daughter this is how Christmas should be done.”

THE THIRD NOEL

And if that wasn’t enough, the cherry on top was the live dromedary in attendance at Ruth’s Christmas bash. A one-thousand-pound female camel named Noel got the takes right, after her two male counterparts failed to do so. Scott Moore adds that having a female camel land the part was par for the course, “On our crew we tried to hire as many women as possible; the producer, the production designer, the costume designer, an editor, the first Assistant Director, we had women in the camera crew and half our post production staff was female.”

When it came to Carla’s house, she doesn’t really decorate for Christmas, but her house was a fun set to create as her living space showcased her true bohemian personality from different colorful prints and textures to candles and chimes. A turntable and rock album collection sat in an old bulky wooden wall unit, while a match collection, and possibly questionable paraphernalia sat on the coffee table.

Thompson hit the jackpot when she met someone on location in Atlanta who is a great collector of Christmas items. “We had a fantastic resource that fell in our laps, and he happened to be selling his house so we just looked thru box after box of his of Christmas items right there on the spot.”

LET’S GET FLOCKED UP

What would Christmas be without snow? Special Effects Coordinator Pete Chesney made sure there was plenty of snow to go around for filming and then some. Creating snow during the production was the icing on the cake of Hinds’s beautiful sets in all real locations, none of them built on stage.

Chesney and his team had the challenge of creating snow in the middle of the Atlanta summer. To do so they made a few different types of snow. Snow made from shredded 100% biodegradable recycled paper was used to cover large spaces. Around 1000 cubic feet of durable paper snow was blown onto and then vacuumed off of the location sets. Chesney flocked close to thirty trees during filming.

26 Snow that was seen close up on camera, often interacting with the cast, was made from ice. A local snow effects company came to help make 100 tons of ice snow for the filming, that would begin with block of ice that arrived in a freezer truck, exited thru a chipper, out a tube, and then shoveled onto set by a team of very strong and determined men and women. The result was flawless and often tempting for the cast and crew to throw a snowball or two at one another between takes.

JUST THE TIP

So how many Christmas trees were used all together during shooting? Both artificial and live trees were sourced by the art department totaling one hundred and twenty trees seen in the film.

The real trees were brought in from a Christmas tree farm in North Carolina. Because it was Spring/Summer during filming the trees had started developing little cones on the tips. The art department experts had to do a lot of cutting and trimming to give these trees the traditional Christmas shape. The biggest live tree in the film was featured inside the Sky Zone set, towering with pride at 18 feet.

The set decoration department had an in-house team in their warehouse just dedicated to decorating Christmas trees. This set dec team would wire the ornaments onto the tree, and wrap the whole tree in plastic to transport it to set. Because of the transport mostly plastic ornaments were used.

In the scene where Amy and Ruth fight over the Christmas tree after Ruth’s party and the tree falls and the ornaments shatter on the floor, set decorators painted the inside of the plastic ornaments so they looked like glass. Usually the interior of plastic ornaments are black, but the set decorating team worked their magic and made them look reflective.

27 ABOUT THE CAST

MILA KUNIS (AMY) has established herself as one of Hollywood’s most sought after, vivacious and engaging actresses. Since beginning her career in acting, she has garnered an impressive body of work that includes both major motion picture and television roles.

Last year, Kunis was seen starring in the STX hit comedy Bad Moms opposite Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate, Kathryn Hahn and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Kunis just wrapped production on The Spy Who Dumped Me from Lionsgate in which she stars opposite Kate McKinnon.

In 2010, Kunis starred as ‘Lilly’ opposite Natalie Portman in the critically acclaimed Golden Globe and Oscar nominated supernatural drama Black Swan directed by Darren Aronofsky from Fox Searchlight. Kunis was awarded the Marcello Mastroianni Award for “Best Young Actress” for her performance in Black Swan at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. Kunis was also nominated for “Best Supporting Actress” for her performance for the 2011 SAG, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Awards.

Kunis’s other notable film credits include Jupiter Ascending, Oz, The Great and Powerful, Ted, Friends with Benefits, Date Night, The Book of Eli, Extract, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Blood Ties, Angriest Man in Brooklyn, Max Payne, Third Person, and Hell and Back.

Kunis is best known for her roles on two of Fox’s most successful shows: “That 70’s Show” and the animated Emmy nominated show “Family Guy.” On “That 70’s Show” she played ‘Jackie Burkhart,’ which earned her two Young Star Awards for “Best Actress in a Television Series.” On “Family Guy” she is still currently the voice of ‘Meg.’

In 2015, Kunis started her production company called Orchard Farm Productions with Susan Curtis, Cameron Curtis and Lisa Sterbakov.

KRISTEN BELL (Kiki) currently stars as ‘Eleanor Shellstrop’ in the NBC series “The Good Place” with Ted Danson, which returns for a second season this Fall. She was most recently seen in the Warner Bros. film adaptation of CHIPs, opposite husband Dax Shepard, who also directed.

Bell starred as ‘Anna’ in the blockbuster Disney animated feature, Frozen which has grossed more than $1.2 billion worldwide, making it the highest grossing animated film and 9th highest grossing film of all time.

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Last year, she starred opposite Melissa McCarthy in the Ben Falcone directed comedy The Boss, and was seen as ‘Jeannie Van Der Hooven’ in the Showtime series “House of Lies” opposite Don Cheadle, which wrapped its fifth and final season.

In 2014, she reprised her beloved title role in Warner Brothers’ film Veronica Mars, which raised $2 million on Kickstarter in less than eleven hours and broke the record at the time for the fastest project to reach $1 million and $2 million. Bell appeared in a guest-starring arc on NBC’s hit series “Parks & Recreation.” She also played the lead role in the independent film The Lifeguard, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival as well as starring in and co-producing the comedy Hit & Run, written and directed by her husband Dax Shepard.

Her other film credits include: How to Be a Latin Lover, Movie 43, Some Girls, Writers, Big Miracle, You Again, Burlesque, When in Rome, Couples Retreat, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pulse, Serious Moonlight and David Mamet’s Spartan. Kristen’s television credits include: “Veronica Mars,” “Unsupervised,” “Deadwood,” “Heroes,” and “Party Down.”

Her Broadway credits include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Crucible, opposite Liam Neeson and Laura Linney. Her Off-Broadway credits include Reefer Madness and A Little Night Music.

KATHRYN HAHN’s (Carla) versatility in both comedy and drama has made her one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actors— expertly shaping a career full of memorable roles.

Upcoming, Hahn will star in the Jon Lucas and Scott Moore holiday-themed A Bad Moms Christmas, alongside Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell. The film is a follow up to Bad Moms, in which Hahn portrayed an over-worked, over-committed and exhausted mom who joins forces with two other moms who all go on a quest to liberate themselves from conventional responsibilities.

Hahn was recently seen in Jill Soloway’s Amazon comedy, “I Love Dick,” starring opposite Kevin Bacon. Adapted from the lauded feminist novel of the same name, the show is set in a colorful academic community in Marfa, Texas. It tells the story of a struggling married couple, Chris (Hahn) and Sylvere, and their obsession with a charismatic professor named Dick, while navigating their troubled marriage and the awakening of an artist.

Prior to that, Hahn was seen in season three of the Emmy® Nominated Amazon original series “Transparent” created by Jill Soloway. For her portrayal of ‘Raquel Fein,’ Hahn received a 2017 Emmy Award nomination in the category of “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.”

29 Hahn has completed production on Tamara Jenkins’ Private Life, which follows an author (Hahn) who is undergoing multiple fertility therapies to get pregnant, putting her relationship with her husband, played by Paul Giamatti, at risk. Additionally, she has lensed Max Winkler’s indie coming-of-age film, Flower, starring opposite Adam Scott, Zoey Deutch and Tim Heidecker, which premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.

Film credits include Matt Ross’ Captain Fantastic opposite Viggo Mortensen; Steven Brill’s The Do- Over alongside Adam Sandler and David Spade; Peter Bogdanovich’s She’s Funny That Way, alongside Imogen Poots, Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston; M. Night Shyamalan’s The Visit; Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel’s The D Train; Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland opposite George Clooney; as well as Shawn Levy’s This is Where I Leave You. Additional credits include Jason Bateman’s, Bad Words, Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; and Rawson Marshall Thurber’s We’re the Millers, alongside Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. Hahn also starred in Jill Soloway’s Afternoon Delight, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and garnered Hahn a 2013 “Breakthrough Actor” Gotham Award nomination.

Other feature film credits include David Wain’s Wanderlust; Jesse Peretz’s Our Idiot Brother; James Brooks’ How Do You Know; Neal Brennan’s The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard; Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road; Adam McKay’s Step Brothers; Robert Shaye’s The Last Mimzy; Nancy Meyers’ The Holiday; as well as Adam McKay’s Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

Television credits include Showtime’s dark comedy “Happyish” opposite Steve Coogan. Hahn played the wife to Coogan’s character, a man facing his own obsolescence after his advertising agency is taken over. Hahn also had a guest-starring arc on the NBC hit show “Parks & Recreation,” as well as HBO’s “Newsroom” and “Girls.” Additional roles include NBC’s “Crossing Jordan,” “Four Kings,” “Hung” and “Free Agents.” She has also lent her voice to the FX animated series “Chozen,” and Fox’s “Bob’s Burgers” as well as “American Dad!”

Hahn made her Broadway debut in the Tony®-winning play “Boeing-Boeing,” alongside Bradley Whitford, Gina Gershon, Mary McCormack, Christine Baranski and Mark Rylance. “Boeing- Boeing” won the 2008 Tony in the category of “Best Revival of a Play.”

No stranger to the stage, her theatre credits also include “Dead End,” at the Ahmanson Theater and Huntington Theater Company; “Ten Unknowns,” at Huntington Theater Company; “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Chaucer in Rome” and “Camino Real,” at Williamstown Mainstage and “Hedda Gabler,” at Williamstown/Baystreet.

Hahn received her Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and her Masters in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama, where she appeared on stage in “Othello” and “The Birds.”

30 JAY HERNANDEZ (Jessie Harkness) had one of those serendipitous experiences that led to his career. While riding an elevator in a high rise in his native Los Angeles he was approached by a talent manager who suggested he had what it took to have a successful career in Hollywood. Now Hernandez is noted as one of the few Latino leading men in the entertainment industry, and has had the honor of working with some of the most in-demand writers, directors, producers, and actors of his time.

Hernandez starred in two of the biggest summer movies of 2016. He portrayed ‘El Diablo’ in the Warner Bros. feature Suicide Squad from director David Ayer that is based on the DC Comic about supervillains who are recruited by the government for dangerous black ops missions, which earned over $745 million worldwide. He also starred opposite Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell in the R-rated comedy Bad Moms from writer/directors Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (The Hangover) that grossed over $183 million worldwide.

Hernandez is currently recurring on the hit ABC series “Scandal” opposite Kerry Washington for powerhouse producer/creator Shonda Rhimes. He reunited with director David Ayer and Will Smith on the Netflix crime fantasy Bright that will be released on December 22nd.

Jay Hernandez emerged onto the Hollywood scene opposite Kirsten Dunst in the 2001 Buena Vista Pictures’ film Crazy/Beautiful which earned him an ALMA Award nomination for “Outstanding Actor.”

Hernandez was also recently seen in the Warner Bros. family drama feature Max opposite Thomas Haden Church and Robbie Amell and on the small screen in an arc on the hit series “The Expanse” for SyFy opposite Thomas Jane. Hernandez was also one of the leads in the Fox series “Gang Related” from creator Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious franchise) and had a memorable arc on ABC’s “Nashville,” playing Hayden Panettiere’s love interest turned blackmailing ex-boyfriend who met an unfortunate end. He also had a stint as the villain on ABC’s “Last Resort” alongside Andre Braugher.

In 2006, Hernandez starred alongside Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena in the acclaimed Oliver Stone 9/11 project World Trade Center for Paramount Pictures. The story follows three New York City Port Authority officers (Cage, Pena, and Hernandez) who volunteered to enter the World Trade Center after the planes were flown into the towers.

Hernandez starred in the disturbing psychological thriller Hostel, from writer/director Eli Roth and executive producer Quentin Tarantino. Premiering at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival to rave reviews, the film opened #1 at the box office and earned Hernandez a Teen Choice Award nomination.

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Hernandez is also known for the Universal film Friday Night Lights opposite Billy Bob Thornton that won the AFI Award for “Movie of the Year,” Ladder 49 alongside Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta for Buena Vista Pictures, the Warner Bros. action-thriller Torque with Ice Cube, Disney’s sleeper hit The Rookie opposite Dennis Quaid for director John Lee Hancock, and the acclaimed, yet short-lived, J.J. Abrams drama series “Six Degrees” for ABC.

Hernandez’s other credits include Screen Gems’ Takers opposite Matt Dillon and Idris Elba, Overture Films’ Nothing Like the Holidays alongside John Leguizamo and Alfred Molina, Screen Gems’ fast-paced action thriller Quarantine and the crime-drama Lakeview Terrace with Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington for Screen Gems.

He currently resides in Los Angeles.

Actress, Producer and Director CHERYL HINES (Sandy) is a two-time Emmy nominee for her role as ‘Cheryl David’ on HBO's Golden Globe Award-winning series "Curb Your Enthusiasm," the brainchild of “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David. Cheryl will be returning for Season 9 of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” premiering October 1st.

Earlier this year, Cheryl starred on FOX’s hit comedy “Son of Zorn,” opposite of Jason Sudeikis and Tim Meadows. Hines also appeared in FOX Searchlight/Craig Johnson’s “Wilson” opposite Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern as ‘Polly’ (Laura Dern’s sister). In 2016, Hines co-starred in the film, “Nine Lives” starring Kevin Spacey, Christopher Walken, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

In 2014, Hines wrapped a three-season run on the ABC comedy series “Suburgatory,” opposite Jeremy Sisto and Jane Levy. Her additional television projects include starring as ‘Lori’ in the TV movie "Cuckoo" along with Michael Chiklis. Hines has also recently appeared on Freeform’s “Young & Hungry,” ABC’s “The Middle” and “TripTank.”

Hine’s feature film directorial debut, “Serious Moonlight" was released in 2009 through Magnolia Films. The film premiered with critical acclaim at the Tribeca Film Festival. The screenplay was written by the late Adrienne Shelly, who directed Cheryl in the critically acclaimed Waitress. The film is a dark comedy centered on the troubled marriage of a high-powered female attorney (played by Meg Ryan) who learns that her husband (Timothy Hutton) is about to leave her for another woman.

Hines has also produced and directed several television projects including serving as Executive Producer and creator of the NBC Television Series "School Pride," a proactive, alternative series that told the stories of communities coming together to renovate their aging and broken public

32 schools. The cameras followed students, teachers and parents as they rolled up their sleeves and rebuilt their own schools, concluding with the unveiling of a brand new, completely transformed school. She also produced the award-winning comedy series “Campus Ladies” for the Oxygen Channel and the Starz Networks original comedy series "Hollywood Residential."

Hines is one of Hollywood's busiest film actresses with starring roles in a number of critically acclaimed feature films and box office hits including Christmas Eve, Life After Beth, Cold Turkey, The Ugly Truth, RV, Waitress, The Grand and Bart Got a Room.”

Born in New York City, PETER GALLAGHER (Hank) is an award-winning actor at home on stage, film and TV. He last appeared on Broadway in 2008 in Mike Nichols’ production of The Country Girl co-starring with Frances McDormand and Morgan Freeman. Previously he has starred in The Royal National Theatre’s hit revival of Noises Off, the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls as Sky Masterson (Drama Desk Nomination), Long Day’s Journey Into Night opposite Jack Lemmon (Tony Award nomination), Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing also directed by Mike Nichols (Clarence Derwent Award), The Corn is Green starring with Cicely Tyson (Theatre World Award), and Harold Prince’s production of the Comden and Green musical, A Doll’s Life. Gallagher made his Broadway debut in the first revival of Hair and then joined the original Broadway production of Grease in the role of Danny Zuko.

In film, Gallagher made his debut in Taylor Hackford’s The Idolmaker and has done over 50 films since then, including Sex, Lies & Videotape and The Underneath for Steven Soderbergh and The Player and Short Cuts (Golden Globe Award) for Robert Altman. Gallagher received a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as ‘Buddy Kane’ in the Academy Award® winning American Beauty. Most recently, he had a supporting role in the film, Hello My Name is Doris starring Sally Field and Max Greenfield.

Other films include Dreamchild, High Spirits, Watch It, The Hudsucker Proxy, While You Were Sleeping, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, The Man Who Knew Too Little, Center Stage, Mr. Deeds, Burlesque, Conviction, Adam and Step Up Revolution.

On television, currently, Gallagher recurs on both NBC’s “Law and Order: SVU” and Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie.” He wrapped five seasons as Arthur Campbell in the international spy drama “Covert Affairs.” He completed a recurring role in the first season of Mark and Jay Duplass’ comedy for HBO, “Togetherness.” Previously, Gallagher starred as Sandy Cohen on, “The OC,” as Dean Koons opposite David Duchovny on “Californication,” Father Phil on Denis Leary’s “Rescue Me” and as Whitney’s father, Vince, on “Whitney” as well as roles on “How I Met Your Mother” and “The Nick Kroll Show” for Comedy Central.

33 Gallagher’s other television work includes the Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning miniseries “The Murder of Mary Phagan,” “Terrible Joe Moran,” “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial” for Robert Altman, “Fallen Angels” for Steven Soderbergh, “The Big Knife,” and “Path to Paradise.”

As a singer, Gallagher recorded an album, 7 Days in Memphis, for Epic Records and is featured on the soundtracks for Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls, A Doll’s Life and others. He continues to perform his one-man show, How’d All You People Get in My Room?, all over the country.

Gallagher was honored with a Light on the Hill Award and a Jumbo Award from Tufts University. He also received the Steve Chase Humanitarian Award from The Desert AIDS Project. He serves on the National Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Association, and is presently co-chair of the National Board of Advisors for the Actor’s Fund.

JUSTIN HARTLEY (Ty Swindel) can currently be seen starring on NBC’s record-breaking hit series “This Is Us” alongside Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown and Chrissy Metz. This critically acclaimed, provocative drama follows a group of people who share the same birthday, and whose lives intertwine and challenge the everyday presumptions about the people you think you know. Hartley shines as Kevin, a handsome, successful television actor who has become disinterested with his current bachelor lifestyle, and yearns for more than his guaranteed paycheck as the “Manny” on national TV. “This Is Us” debuted to record-breaking numbers, earning the series an immediate two-season renewal. The show has since been nominated for dozens of awards including: 2017 Golden Globe Award for “Best Television Series – Drama” (nomination), 2016 Critics' Choice TV Award for “Most Exciting New Series” (won), and 2017 AFI Awards “TV Program of the Year” (won).

Hartley’s additional film credits include indie Race you to the Bottom, Red Canyon opposite Norman Reedus and Christine Lakin, Spring Breakdown opposite Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, and Seth Meyers for Warner Home Video, A Way with Murder opposite Michael Madsen, and most recently the award winning, boxing indie The Challenger for Vision Films. He is currently in post-production on Another Time, which he stars in alongside Arielle Kebbel, and executive produced.

Born in Knoxville, Ill., and raised in Orland Park, Ill., Hartley had a love for bringing characters to life at an early age, however he began to take acting seriously once he got to college. He attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale and University of Illinois at Chicago, majoring in History and Theatre. After watching Edward Norton in Primal Fear, Hartley was fascinated watching an actor take on a completely different personality, and do it so seamlessly. He decided at that moment that acting wasn't something he just loved to watch, but a craft he wanted to work at and dedicate his life to as a career. Upon graduation, he decided to make the move to Los

34 Angeles, packing up his truck with no money and job, to give the entertainment industry a shot.

In 2002 Hartley landed his first regular gig on the daytime soap “Passions,” a role he held until 2006. He then landed the role of billionaire Oliver Queen (the Green Arrow) on the long running, hit CW series “Smallville.” He quickly became a fan favorite on the Superman-inspired show, joining the cast in Season six and becoming a series regular by Season 8. Hartley was able to showcase his talents behind the camera as well, writing (“Sacrifice,” Season 9) and directing (“Dominion,” Season 10) two episodes. Once “Smallville” came to an end, Hartley went on to appear on a handful of hit series including: “Chuck,” “Castle,” and “Hart of Dixie.” In 2012, he returned to the CW as a series regular on the medical drama “Emily Owens, M.D.” opposite Mamie Gummer. Throughout 2013-16 Hartley juggled a handful of TV projects, appearing on 12 episodes of ABC’s “Revenge,” 16 episodes of ABC’s summertime drama “Mistresses,” and taking over the role of Adam Newman in the long running CBS soap opera “The Young and the Restless.” Hartley was nominated for a 2016 Daytime Emmy Award for “Lead Actor in a Drama Series,” for his work on the show. While filming “Y&R” it was announced that Hartley would be joining the cast of NBC’s fall 2016 passion project: “This Is Us.”

On the charity front, Hartley has been a supporter of The Water Project for several years. When not on set you can find him following his favorite teams (the Cubs, Dodgers, and the Chicago Bears), traveling (in the last few years he has been to Mexico, Brazil, Canada, France, and all over the US) and spending time with his hilarious daughter, Isabella.

One of the entertainment industry’s most honored actresses, CHRISTINE BARANSKI (Ruth), has achieved acclaim in every medium in which she has performed. Christine is an Emmy, two-time Tony, Screen Actors Guild, Drama Desk and American Comedy Award winner.

A native of Buffalo, Baranski attended the Juilliard School. She received her big break being cast in Tom Stoppard’s hit Broadway comedy The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols for which she won a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award.

Baranski went on to earn a second Tony Award for her performance in Neil Simon’s Rumors. She also appeared in Boeing-Boeing, Hurlyburly, The House of Blue Leaves, The Loman Family Picnic, Regrets Only, Encores! productions of Follies, Promises, Promises, and On Your Toes and the Kennedy Center productions of Sweeney Todd and Mame.

In addition to the Emmy for the hit CBS comedy CYBILL, Baranski received an American Comedy Award as “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy,” as well a Screen Actors Guild Award as

35 “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy.” She also received three additional Emmy and three Golden Globe nominations. She was also seen as a guest on Frasier, for which she received a fifth Emmy nomination. She has appeared on multiple episodes of the CBS series The Big Bang Theory, and received four Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Guest Actress in A Comedy Series”. She recently concluded seven years on the hit CBS series The Good Wife, for which she received six Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series” and two Critics’ Choice Television Award Nominations.

Recently, Baranski starred and reprise her role as Diane Lockhart in The Good Fight, which picks up one year after the events of the series finale of The Good Wife. The series had its broadcast premiere on CBS on February 19, 2017 and then moved exclusively to CBS All Access. It’s been announced that CBS has renewed The Good Fight for a second season, which will premiere in early 2018.

Next year, audiences will be able to see Baranski in Mamma Mia 2!. Her other film credits include Trolls, Miss Sloane, Into the Woods, Mamma Mia!, Chicago, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Bowfinger, Bulworth, Cruel Intentions, The Birdcage, Reversal of Fortune, Legal Eagles, The Ref, The Addams Family Values, Welcome to Mooseport, The Guru, 9 ½ Weeks, and Jeffrey.

The extremely versatile SUSAN SARANDON (Isis) brings her own brand of sex appeal and intelligence to every role – from her fearless portrayal of Annie Savoy in Bull Durham to her Oscar®-nominated performances in Thelma & Louise, Lorenzo’s Oil, The Client, and Atlantic City to her Academy Award®-winning and SAG® Award-winning role as Sister Helen, a nun consoling a death-row inmate in Dead Man Walking.

Sarandon made her acting debut in the movie Joe in 1970, which she followed with a continuing role in the TV drama “A World Apart.” Early film credits include The Great Waldo Pepper, Lovin’ Molly, Billy Wilder’s The Front Page, the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Louis Malle’s controversial Pretty Baby. She went on to receive her first Oscar® nomination in Malle’s Atlantic City.

Additional film credits include The Hunger, The Witches of Eastwick, A Dry White Season, White Palace, Light Sleeper, Bob Roberts, Little Women, Stepmom, Cradle Will Rock, Igby Goes Down, The Banger Sisters, Moonight Mile, Shall We Dance?, Alfie, Elizabethtown, Romance and Cigarettes, Enchanted, The Lovely Bones, Jeff Who Lives at Home, Robot & Frank, Arbitrage, Tammy and The Meddler.

The hard-working actress has made a career of choosing diverse and challenging projects in film as well as television, having just finished portraying ‘Bette Davis’ in Ryan Murphy’s Feud: Bette &

36 Joan opposite Jessica Lange. In 2008, she received an Emmy® Nomination for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries” for her role in the HBO film “Bernard and Doris,” as well as a Golden Globe® and SAG® nomination. She received an Emmy and SAG nomination for her work in Barry Levinson’s You Don't Know Jack with Al Pacino for HBO.

Sarandon has made guest appearances on “Friends,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “ER,” “30 Rock,” “The Big C,” “Doll & Em,” “Mike & Molly” and in the “Mother Lover” video on “Saturday Night Live” as well as lent her voice to numerous animation projects including The Simpsons, James and the Giant Peach, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, April and the Extraordinary World, Hell and Back, Spark: A Space Tail and Skylanders Academy.

Upcoming projects include the upcoming season of Showtime’s “Ray Donovan” with Liev Schreiber, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan with Kit Harrington and Jessica Chastain and Going Places with John Turturro, Bobby Cannavale and Audrey Tautou. Sarandon was also named as one of the new faces of L’Oreal in 2016.

OONA LAURENCE (Jane Mitchell) appeared most recently in Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled for Focus Features opposite Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning and Kirsten Dunst. In July, 2017 she was singled out in Variety's Young Hollywood Impact report.

She was last seen playing Mila Kunis’ daughter in STX’s highly successful Bad Moms for Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, as well as David Lowery’s Pete’s Dragon for Disney with Bryce Dallas Howard and Robert Redford.

Previously, Laurence received rave reviews for her heartbreakingly poignant performance as ‘Leila Hope,’ opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw, after which she was named as one of Variety's “Actors to Watch.”

In 2014's acclaimed festival-winner Lamb, she gave a haunting performance as a young girl who develops an unlikely relationship with a 47-year-old man for writer/director/co-star Ross Partridge.

The singer/dancer/actress won a Tony Award in 2013 as one of Broadway’s original “Matilda's.”

EMJAY ANTHONY (Dylan Mitchell) was born to Trisha and Michael Salazar on June 1, 2003 in Clearwater Beach, Florida. After living a rather adventurous lifestyle, even racing dirt bikes with training wheels, he began modeling and was selected for a National Werther's Candy commercial at the age of 4. At the age of 5, Emjay relocated to his parent's home state of California and

37 within the first year he booked the 2009 feature film It’s Complicated starring Meryl Steep and Alec Baldwin, playing the role of Baldwin's step son, Pedro.

After a short break to focus on schooling, Anthony returned to acting where he booked several national commercials as well as the pilots “Applebaum” and “Members Only” for CBS, he went on to book a series regular role in the Fox series “Rake,” starring Greg Kinnear. He also worked on the series “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Mentalist,” “What Would Diplo Do,” and played kid #1 opposite Johnny Depp in “Donald Trump’s the Art of the Deal.”

Anthony most notably starred as Percy, son to Jon Favreau and Sophia Vergara, in the Favreau written and directed feature Chef. He rejoined Favreau to appear in the Disney feature The Jungle Book where he played the voice of a young wolf. In addition to playing the role of Hector in the second installment of Veronica Roth’s book series Insurgent, the sequel to Divergent, he stars opposite Toni Collette and Adam Scott in the Universal feature Krampus and played the role of Keanu Reeves son in Replicas due to come out late 2017.

When he is not working or schooling, Anthony enjoys playing air soft, riding his dirt bike and his BMX bike with his dad. Emjay's sister, Sage, is his only sibling who is ten years older.

WANDA SYKES (Dr. Karl) has been called "one of the funniest stand-up comics" by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. Her smart-witted stand up has sent her career in many different areas.

In 2012, Sykes joined forces with veteran producer Page Hurwitz to form Push It Productions, a production company dedicated to creating quality, comedy-based programming for network and cable television outlets. The company's diverse slate of projects includes sketch comedy, concerts, reality talk/variety, and competition formats. Their first set of specials; “Herlarious” aired in summer of 2013 and January 2014 on Own and was the recipient of a 2014 Gracie Award. In just its first year, Push It has made a first look production deal with NBC, had a new series on OWN, and has shows currently in development with NickMom (Comedy Camp) and Comcast. Push It Productions produced the 8th and 9th seasons of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” Last Spring their new show “Talk Show The Game Show” premiered on TruTV and this Fall “Face Value” hosted by Deon Cole will premiere on BET.

Her fourth comedy special shot “What Happened…. Ms. Sykes” premiered in Fall 2016 on Epix. Shot in Los Angeles, the special will focus on Wanda’s life, family, race and politics as she questions, “How Did I Get Here?” Her first HBO comedy special “Wanda Sykes; Sick and Tired” debuted in October 2006 and was nominated for a 2007 Primetime Emmy for “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” It was taped in Seattle Washington and

38 covered everything from racial profiling to gay marriage. She returned to HBO for her second stand up special “I’ma Be Me.” This time it was taped at the Warner theatre in Washington DC where she tackled topics like the first black president, gay cruises, being a new mom and aging. The special was nominated for two 2010 Primetime Emmy awards: “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” Her first special “Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied” premiered on Comedy Central in 2003.

Last summer she was seen in the Fox comedy Snatched with Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn in Hawaii. Sykes was also seen in the feature films Evan Almighty, the sequel to Bruce Almighty, in which she co-starred with Steve Carell; the New Line feature Monster-In-Law starring opposite Jane Fonda, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Pootie Tang, Nutty Professor 2; The Klumps, and Down to Earth.

Sykes was previously seen on several television shows over the past few years. She can currently be seen on ABC’S “Blackish,” which she was nominated for a 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.” Showtime’s “House if Lies,” Amazon Prime’s “Alpha House” created by Gary Trudeau about a group of Republican Senators who share the same DC rental house, HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” she also spent five years on CBS's “New Adventures of Old Christine.” In 2010, she starred on her own late-night talk show on FOX, “The Wanda Sykes Show.” Other TV credits include Fox's “Wanda at Large” which she wrote, produced and starred in; “Wanda Does It” on Comedy Central and on “Crank Yankers” as the voice of ‘Gladys Murphy.’

She can be heard in many animated feature films including Fox’s Ice Ace; Collision Course reprising her voice as ‘Granny’ from Ice Age: Continental Drift; in Dreamworks’ Over the Hedge and Paramount’s The Barnyard.

Her first book titled Yeah, I Said It, published by Simon and Schuster, hit bookstores in September 2004. Yeah, I Said It is a hilarious collection of essays touching on life, family and current events.

She spent 5 years as part of the HBO's critically acclaimed “Chris Rock Show.” As a performer and writer on the show, she was nominated for three Primetime Emmy's and in 1999 won the Emmy for “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” In 2001, she won the American Comedy Award for “Outstanding Female Stand Up Comic.” She won three more Emmy’s, in 2002, 2004 and 2005, for her work on “Inside the NFL” for “Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly.”

Sykes was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and raised in Maryland. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton University. Her stand-up career began at a Coors Light Super Talent Showcase in Washington, DC where she performed for the first time in front of a live audience.

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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Team JON LUCAS and SCOTT MOORE (Writers/Directors) are best known as the writers of The Hangover, starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zack Galifianakis. Winner of the 2010 Golden Globe for “Best Comedy,” The Hangover grossed more than $275 million dollars domestically, making it the highest R-rated comedy of all time. The script earned Lucas and Moore nominations for “Best Original Screenplay” from both the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

Most recently, Lucas and Moore wrote and directed the sleeper hit Bad Moms, starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, and Christina Applegate. Produced for just $20 million, Bad Moms went on to earn more than $180 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing R-rated comedy of the year. The film also won the People’s Choice Award for “Best Comedy of 2016.”

Lucas and Moore’s other credits include the hit holiday comedy Four Christmases, starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, the romantic comedy Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas, The Change-Up, starring Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman, and 21 & Over, starring Miles Teller and Skylar Astin, which they also directed.

Lucas and Moore met in 1999 while working for Daniel Petrie, Jr., the Oscar-nominated writer of Beverly Hills Cop and The Big Easy, and have been working together ever since. In 2013, Lucas and Moore created and wrote their first television show, “Mixology,” which aired on ABC in 2014.

SUZANNE TODD (Producer) is an award-winning producer whose movies have grossed over three billion dollars worldwide. In 2016, after producing films under her Team Todd banner with her sister Jennifer, she launched Suzanne Todd Productions with the STX comedy, Bad Moms. Written and directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore, the film stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate, and Kathryn Hahn. The success of the film has already spawned the sequel A Bad Moms Christmas which will be released November 3, 2017. She recently wrapped production on Magic Camp for Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Adam Devine, Gillian Jacobs, and Jeffrey Tambor, and will be released April 2018. She’s currently in production on the female Santa Claus film Nicole for Disney starring Anna Kendrick, Bill Hader, and Shirley MacLaine.

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Earlier in 2016, Todd released Alice Through the Looking Glass, which has grossed three-hundred million worldwide. It is the sequel to the Oscar winning Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, and Anne Hathaway. Todd’s other producing credits include Across the Universe, Memento, Celeste and Jesse Forever, Must Love Dogs, Prime, Boiler Room and the Austin Powers Trilogy. She also executive produced HBO’s successful “If These Walls Could Talk” and “If These Walls Could Talk 2.” Both films went on to earn numerous awards and honors including Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award wins. She is currently working on a new installment with Lena Dunham and HBO.

In addition to her work in Film and TV, Suzanne has also branched out into interactive entertainment, working as a creative and business consultant for Activision/Blizzard on their game development. She consulted on the multi-billion-dollar Call of Duty franchise, including Black Ops, Black Ops 2, Modern Warfare 3, Ghosts, and Advanced Warfare. Similarly, Todd consulted on Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure and Skylanders: Giants, which together have grossed over $2 billion in game sales with more than 175 million toys sold.

Over the years, Todd has been presented with numerous awards including Women In Film’s celebrated Lucy Award, the Spirit Award for “Best Picture,” Cosmo’s Fun Fearless Female Award, the Glaad Media Award, three Saturn Awards, several MTV Movie Awards, and a People’s Choice Award. She regularly devotes her time and resources to several charitable causes including St. Joseph Center and Tia’s Hope, serving on the Board since its inception. She has also served as Vice-Chair on the Board for the Archer School for Girls and is a major fundraiser at her children’s schools. In addition, Suzanne mentors aspiring filmmakers through the USC Stark Mentorship Program and the Producers Guild of America. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America.

Todd lives in Los Angeles with her three children, a rescue puggle and two chinchillas. She is an avid player of video games, poker and tennis.

MITCHELL AMUNDSEN (Director of Photography) was the cinematographer on CHiPs, Ride Along 2, starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, Now You See Me, Transformers, Red Dawn, and Premium Rush. He recently finished filming The Happytime Murders starring Melissa McCarthy.

Amundsen's early credits include working as a production assistant for Michael Apted on First Born and technician on Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish and The Outsiders. He worked assistant camera on Joel Coen's Raising Arizona and was a focus puller on the Glass Menagerie, directed by Paul Newman, and Michael Lehman's Heathers and Meet the Applegates.

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He then became a camera operator, working on such films as Wolfgang Peterson's In the Line of Fire; John Singleton's Higher Learning, Nick Castle's Major Payne and Mr. Wrong; Betty Thomas' Private Parts; Richard Donner's Conspiracy Theory; Ron Howard's Edtv; Barry Sonnenfeld's Wild Wild West; Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses; and Michael Bay's Armageddon.

He subsequently rose to second unit director for Bay's Pearl Harbor, Bad Boys II, and The Island; Gore Verbinski's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Frank Marshall's Eight Below; Gary Ross' Seabiscuit; Paul Greengrass' The Bourne Supremacy; J.J. Abrams' Mission Impossible III; and Brad Bird's Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

MARCIA HINDS (Production Designer) returns after having worked on Bad Moms, and has worked extensively in both film and television over the past 30 years. Her most recent feature film as production designer is the upcoming Magic Camp for Disney and How to Be a Latin Lover which was released this past Spring.

Her other feature film credits include Get a Job, the 2014 re-make of Annie, Friends with Benefits, Easy A, Tooth Fairy, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Fired Up, John Tucker Must Die and 28 Days.

She was nominated for an Emmy Award and won the Art Directors Guild Award for “Excellence in Production Design” for her work on the Six Feet Under pilot in 2002. She was previously nominated for an Emmy for “Winchell” in 1999.

JAMES THOMAS (Editor), who edited Bad Moms and now most recently A Bad Moms Christmas, got his start editing music videos and commercials in London in the early 90’s for artists such as U2, Sting and Blur.

But working with comedy soon became his passion and he was able to transition over to television with his first freelance editing gig, “The 11 O’Clock Show.” There he met Sacha Baron Cohen and began a collaboration spanning more than 18 years. He continued to hone his craft initially moving with Baron Cohen to both the British and HBO variants of “Da Ali G Show” and then onto feature film projects including; Borat, Bruno, The Dictator and the latest installment The Brothers Grimsby.

The “11 O’clock Show” was also where he met director James Bobin. Thomas and Bobin have worked together on many successful TV shows and Movies including: “Flight of the Conchords” for HBO, The Academy award winning The Muppets for Disney and now most recently Alice Through the Looking Glass also for The Walt Disney Company.

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Thomas lives in Los Angeles, California and has three daughters.

JULIA CASTON (Costume Designer) returns from having done Bad Moms, and has extensive experience in both film and television, and is currently designing “The Kicker,” a CBS pilot executive produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. Her credits also include two notable collaborations with director Lee Toland Krieger: the Sundance hit Celeste and Jessie Forever, starring Rashida Jones, Emma Roberts, Elijah Wood and Andy Samberg, and Krieger’s short film, Modern/Love.

Additional feature credits include Nick Moore’s Wild Child, starring Emma Roberts; Matt Ross’s 28 Hotel Rooms, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; Rodger Grossman’s What We Do Is Secret, an LA Film Festival premiere; Rodman Flender’s Idle Hands; and Scott King’s Treasure Island, a Sundance Official Selection and winner of a Special Jury Prize.

From its genesis through season six, Caston designed for the award-winning television series, “The Middle,” created by Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline.

Other television credits include the pilot for HBO’s “Untitled Sarah Silverman Project,” directed by Charlie McDowell; Don Scardino’s “Sober Companion;” and “Surviving Suburbia” for ABC. Most recently she collaborated on NBC’s new television show “Great News.”

While Star Wars, Van Halen, and Bye Bye Birdie may be responsible for his love of movies, music, and theater, it was a chance meeting with Henry Mancini in college that changed CHRISTOPHER LENNERTZ (Composer) life forever. In awe of Mancini’s ability to compose for any genre, Lennertz has modeled his career to be just as diverse. He has written music for some of the world’s greatest storytellers. Whether its soaring heroics for Seth Rogen as a hot dog saving the world in Sausage Party or the lush orchestral melodies of Steven Spielberg’s “Medal of Honor” series...a stark, out of tune gospel piano for Mark Ruffalo’s battle with addiction in Thanks for Sharing or futuristic dystopian Americana for J.J. Abrams’ “Revolution,” this classic eclectic ability has now become his signature. He has worked in almost every genre imaginable and spent weeks on Billboard charts. He has an Emmy nomination for the cult hit “Supernatural,” a Grammy for his arrangements on Ozomatli’s album Street Signs, and an amazing eleven BMI awards for blockbusters like Bad Moms, Horrible Bosses, Ride Along, and more.

“At the heart of everything is a collaboration.” says Lennertz “Collaboration to tell stories that move people.” To embrace this spirit of musical storytelling, Chris has teamed up with legendary artists like Grammy winners Arturo Sandoval and Dave Grusin, The RZA, and Sheila E.

43 as well as members of Pearl Jam, No Doubt, The Beastie Boys, Dave Matthews Band, Jurassic 5, and Jane’s Addiction. Collaborations with directors Tim Story, Seth Gordon, John Favreau, and Ben Stiller as well as producers Chris Meledandri, JJ Abrams, Seth Rogen, Brett Ratner, Doug Liman, Ed Norton, McG, Joel Silver, and so many others have led to a stream of box office successes.

Equally comfortable on the small screen, on stage, and at festivals, Lennertz has written eclectic scores for Marvel’s Agent Carter and Sundance award-winner Adam for Fox Searchlight. He has written with Broadway legends David Zippel, Glenn Slater, and Oscar and Tony winner Alan Menken on Sausage Party as well as the musical adventure Galavant. He is also one of the most in demand composers in video games with hits like Medal of Honor, James Bond, The Godfather, and the Mass Effect series. His passion for education and philanthropy plays a major part in his life serving on the board of Education Through Music Los Angeles and The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation as well as Hands Together in Haiti. He personally launched the Symphony of Hope project after the 2011 earthquake to rally the film music community around the cause.

Ultimately mixing his love of storytelling, his eclectic background, and his relentless passion for all styles of music, Lennertz has become one of the most valued and sought-after composers in Hollywood today.

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A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS

STXfilms and HUAYI BROTHERS PICTURES Present A SUZANNE TODD Production A Film by JON LUCAS & SCOTT MOORE “A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS” MILA KUNIS KRISTEN BELL KATHRYN HAHN JAY HERNANDEZ CHERYL HINES PETER GALLAGHER JUSTIN HARTLEY with CHRISTINE BARANSKI and SUSAN SARANDON Music by CHRISTOPHER LENNERTZ Music Supervisor JULIA MICHELS Costume Designer JULIA CASTON Edited by JAMES THOMAS Production Designer MARCIA HINDS Director of Photography MITCHELL AMUNDSEN Executive Producers BILL BLOCK MARK KAMINE WANG ZHONGJUN WANG ZHONGLEI FELICE BEE DONALD TANG ROBERT SIMONDS ADAM FOGELSON OREN AVIV MILA KUNIS Produced by SUZANNE TODD, p.g.a. Written and Directed by JON LUCAS & SCOTT MOORE

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