Christmas & Chaos Has an Airline Deal, but U.S. Release Is Still Open

Christmas & Chaos has found a buyer in the skies. British actress Charlotte Kirk told The Hollywood Reporter that the holiday film has secured an airline distribution deal, which means an airline will show it to passengers on its flights.

Kirk, 34, stars in the film, directed by Jamie Adams. She plays a washed-up pop star who is paired with a music purist to write Christmas songs. Ben McGregor, a Welsh actor, plays the purist as a stubborn traditionalist who does not want the songs to sound like a pop record.

The film came out in the U.K. on Nov. 9. Kirk said she did not know which airline had bought it. She learned of the deal from her sales agent, the person who takes a film to buyers around the world and negotiates the terms.

U.S. distribution, which decides where American audiences can see the film, was still in the works at the time of reporting. No American cinema chain or streaming service had been named.

The making of the film was unusually loose. According to the same Hollywood Reporter story, Adams and the cast shot many scenes as improvised takes that could run as long as 40 minutes. The result was about 30 hours of footage for the editors to shape.

Holiday films compete hard for screens in the weeks before Christmas, so the timing of any American release is a key open question. For now, the film's next stop is still being arranged, and the details of the airline deal remain with the buyer and the sales agent. The story appeared in the Nov. 12 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.