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Nov 29, 2023 36 min

Write On: 'Candy Cane Lane' Writer Kelly Younger

from Write On: A Screenwriting Podcast

Eddie Murphy's new holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane pokes fun at the idea of being super competitive during the Christmas decorating season. Kelly Younger sat down with Final Draft's Write On podcast to talk about writing the spec script that became a reality in our latest episode. "My manager who I've had for years always sort of keeping track of my projects, and we put some under when he calls the three Ps: passion, propel, and paycheck. Write something that's a passion project, something that can propel your career and something that's just a paycheck!" says Younger about writing his passion project Candy Cane Lane on spec. "I feel extremely lucky to have been on set for every single day and night of the shoot and that is what the director, Reggie Hudland, wanted. We would talk through the scenes with each other we would talk it through with the actors in the moment I was able to pitch alternate lines," Younger says of the process of filming the holiday movie. Click below to hear more in the full episode. Candy Cane Lane comes out on Amazon December 1.

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