Netflix's 'Holidate': Release date, plot, cast, trailer and all you need to know about romantic comedy

Two strangers meet one particularly bad Christmas and make a pact to be each other's 'holidate' for every festive occasion throughout the next year
UPDATED SEP 30, 2020
Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey (Netflix)
Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey (Netflix)

Families don't like it when you're single. It is especially worse when you are single during the holidays because what are holidays if not spent with loved ones? But when you show up single at your family's doorstep, it starts a long painful sequence of prying questions and stressful interrogation. 

In Netflix's upcoming movie 'Holidate', Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey go through something similar. That is until they find a solution — "a holidate". What exactly is that? Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming Netflix romantic comedy. 

Release date

'Holidate' will release on Netflix on October 28, 2020. 

Plot

The official synopsis of the film states: "Sloane (Emma Roberts) and Jackson (Luke Bracey) hate the holidays. They constantly find themselves single, sitting at the kids' table, or stuck with awkward dates. But when these two strangers meet one particularly bad Christmas, they make a pact to be each other's "holidate" for every festive occasion throughout the next year. With a mutual disdain for the holidays, and assuring themselves that they have no romantic interest in the other, they make the perfect team. However, as a year of absurd celebrations come to an end, Sloane and Jackson find that sharing everything they hate may just prove to be something they unexpectedly love."

Cast

Emma Roberts as Sloane

Emma Roberts attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California (Getty Images)

Roberts has played the leading roles in multiple seasons of Ryan Murphy's anthology television series 'American Horror Story' for FX. In 2013, she appeared in the third installment 'Coven' as Madison, a party-girl teen witch who attends a special institution devoted to training and educating the few remaining witches to keep their coven from extinction. In 2014, Roberts appeared in the fourth installment 'Freak Show' as fortune-teller Maggie Esmeralda in a circus of misfits and deformities. Roberts reprised her character Madison in the eighth season, titled 'Apocalypse'.

Luke Bracey as Jackson

Luke Bracey attends the 8th Annual Australians In Film Awards Gala & Benefit Dinner at InterContinental Los Angeles Century City on October 23, 2019, in Los Angeles, California (Getty Images)

The Australian actor is known for his work in 'Monte Carlo', 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation', 'The November Man', 'Point Break', 'Hacksaw Ridge', 'Westside' and 'Home and Away'. He is currently also awaiting the release of the independent drama titled 'Violet' with Olivia Munn and Justin Theroux.

Creators

'Holidate' is written by Tiffany Paulsen and directed by John Whitesell. Steven Bello, Jenny Hinkey and Tiffany Paulsen serve as executive producers and Max King and Corey Marsh serve as co-producers. 

Trailers

You can watch the trailer here.



 

Where to watch

'Holidate' will be available to stream on Netflix on October 28, 2020.

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