Netflix Secures Bill Murray Christmas Special

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BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has picked up A Very Murray Christmas, a holiday special starring Bill Murray and directed by Sofia Coppola, for a December launch in all its territories.

Coppola and Murray wrote the special with Mitch Glazer. An homage to classic variety shows, it stars Murray playing himself as he worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a New York winter storm.

An all-star cast will appear alongside the comedian and actor, among them George Clooney, Paul Shaffer, Amy Poehler, Julie White, Dimitri Dimitrov, Michael Cera, Chris Rock, David Johansen, Maya Rudolph, Jason Schwartzman, Jenny Lewis, Frederic Moulin, Rashida Jones and Miley Cyrus.