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Christopher Briney and Michelle Randolph spend the new Clashing Through the Snow trailer trying to beat each other to New York, and losing a rental car, their dignity and possibly their jobs along the way. Prime Video released the official trailer on Nov. 10. The holiday rom-com streams Nov. 23, and the trailer is set to Olivia Rodrigo’s first Christmas single (Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter).
The featured image is an official Prime Video still of Briney and Randolph at an airport counter.
The Lowdown
Prime Video is going after the same holiday crowd that turns every streamer’s December into a rom-com marathon, and it brought a stacked bench: Briney from The Summer I Turned Pretty, Randolph, Paris Hilton, Julia Fox and a Rodrigo song nobody has heard in full yet. The plot is pure genre comfort food, rivals stuck together in a snowstorm. Our take: the cameos and the song may do more marketing work than the story.
Key Takeaways
- Prime Video released the official trailer for Clashing Through the Snow on Nov. 10. The movie premieres on Prime Video on Nov. 23.
- Christopher Briney and Michelle Randolph play rival publishing editors forced to share a rental car to New York after a snowstorm grounds their flight.
- Carlson Young directed. Lukas Gage, Andrew Schulz, Julia Fox and Paris Hilton co-star.
- The trailer uses Olivia Rodrigo’s first Christmas single, “Take Me Home (4 Christmas).”
The Full Story
The Setup
Briney plays Ryan Mitchell and Randolph plays Hannah Hendricks, two editors at the same publishing house. Their boss, played by P.J. Byrne, says cuts are coming, and per Deadline only one of them is likely to keep a spot. Each has a holiday meeting in New York with an author who could deliver a bestseller. Hannah is chasing an unpublished memoir from Julia Fox’s character, Bianca Hart, while Ryan has lined up a best-selling romance novelist.
Then they discover they’re on the same flight, and a snowstorm grounds it. Both want the last rental car, so they end up sharing it. The trailer, as described by THR and TheWrap, runs through a crashed car, a night at an unsettling inn run by Gage’s character, and a detour where the two dress as Santa and Mrs. Claus at a mall. Briney gets one of the best lines, as THR quotes it: “If I get murdered in my sleep, I will haunt you, aggressively.”
Who Made It and Who Is in It
Carlson Young directed from a script by Danny Mackey and Rebecca Ewing, the pair behind Love Hard, according to TheWrap. McG, Mary Viola, Lena Roklin and Bruce Wayne Gillies are producers. Beyond the leads and Gage, the cast includes Andrew Schulz, Fox and Paris Hilton, with Tan France and Zarna Garg in supporting roles. TheWrap also spotted cameos from New York Knicks players OG Anunoby and Karl-Anthony Towns, plus Jordyn Woods.
The Olivia Rodrigo Song
The music is part of the pitch. All three trade outlets note that the trailer is cut to “Take Me Home (4 Christmas),” which Deadline and TheWrap call Rodrigo’s first Christmas single. A release date for the full song wasn’t part of the trailer announcement.
Clashing Through the Snow premieres Monday, Nov. 23, on Prime Video. For more from the streamer, see the final-season trailer for Maxton Hall, and find the rest of our coverage on TV & Streaming.
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- YouTube — Clashing Through The Snow – Official Trailer | Prime Video ↗
- Deadline — It’s Christopher Briney Vs. Michelle Randolph In Prime Video’s Clashing Through The Snow Trailer ↗
- The Hollywood Reporter — Christopher Briney and Michelle Randolph Star in Trailer for Clashing Through the Snow ↗
- TheWrap — Clashing Through the Snow Trailer Teases Briney and Randolph’s Enemies-to-Lovers Journey ↗
- PCP — Maxton Hall’s Final-Season Trailer Is Here, Set for Dec. 9