Pickleball will get the feel-good, romantic remedy and a well-known hero narrative within the movie anchoring Lifetime’s new vacation lineup, airing December 20.
Nothing will get us within the vacation spirit fairly like a heat and fuzzy romantic drama. And this winter, Lifetime goes large, including 13 new film titles full with an ode to America’s fastest-growing and most beloved sport.
That is proper, we have formally made it: “A Pickleball Christmas” will anchor the community’s vacation lineup, referred to as “It is a Fantastic Lifetime,” operating each Friday and Saturday starting November 29.
In accordance with Leisure Weekly:
“Contemporary off the most important win of his profession, tennis star Luke Hollis (James Lafferty) heads house to Florida for Christmas, solely to find his household’s racquet membership is on the verge of being offered. Teaming up with Caroline (Zibby Allen), the membership’s pickleball coach, Luke reluctantly agrees to compete in a high-stakes vacation match that might save the membership. As sparks fly each on and off the court docket, Luke realizes the best victory may simply be love, household, and a brand new chapter at house.”
Brandy Norwood, Arielle Kebbel, Vivica A. Fox, headline Lifetime’s slate of 13 new vacation season motion pictures. See all of the premiere dates right here. https://t.co/xr6izAYgAL
— Leisure Weekly (@EW) October 16, 2025
The movie stars Zibby Allen, who notably appeared in 44 episodes of Netflix’s “Virgin River,” and James Lafferty, maybe greatest identified for his portrayal of Nathan Scott on The WB/CW teen tv drama “One Tree Hill.”
It airs on Saturday, December 20 at 8 p.m. ET.
Lifetime’s full roster of recent vacation motion pictures is as follows:
- “Christmas On a regular basis”
- “The Christmas Marketing campaign”
- “Do You Concern What I Concern”
- “Jingle All of the Technique to Love”
- “A Christmas Cookbook”
- “Deck the Hallways”
- “Merry Missed Connections”
- “A Runaway Bride for Christmas”
- “Christmas in Alaska”
- “Thank God: Christmas at Keller Ranch”
- “Rodeo Christmas Romance”
- “Candy Vacation Romance”
- “A Pickleball Christmas”
Different notable stars embody Brandy Norwood, Arielle Kebbel, and Vivica A. Fox.
The place have we heard this earlier than?
If the entire “reluctant tennis purist begrudgingly enters a pickleball match to save lots of the day” narrative sounds acquainted, that is possible since you’ve heard a model of it from us already.
“The Dink,” starring Jake Johnson (“New Lady”) and produced by Ben Stiller (“Severance”), follows a washed-up tennis professional as he “tries to save lots of a membership by reluctantly enjoying pickleball to earn his father’s respect.”
The comedy was not too long ago bought by Apple. A particular launch date has not but been introduced.
Apple Buys ‘The Dink’ — a Pickleball Comedy from Ben Stiller and Jake Johnson
It’s the primary feature-length movie on the topic set to air on a significant streaming platform.
Function picture by way of IMDb
