Chad Michael Murray back on TV? It's true! Sadly, it's not on "One Tree Hill," but we'll take what we can get. CMM will join "Pretty Little Liars" star Ashley Benson and pop star/actress Christina Milian in the ABC Family original movie "Ex-Mas Carol."
According to Just Jared Jr., the movie follows a gorgeous public relations maven who is immersed in her work, but gets a wake-up call after one of her clients falls into a coma and becomes a "Christmas Carol"-like ghost of Christmas past, present, and future, making her realize the error of her ways and reuniting with an angry ex-boyfriend. Essentially, it sounds like "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" mixed a little more closely with the original Charles Dickens source material, with a lady in the lead.
Ashley confirmed the news on her Twitter yesterday, first writing, "On my way to a photoshoot for a new movie 
)" then later clarifying, "For those asking...the movie is called Ex-mas Carol...it stars myself Christina Milian and Chad Michael Murray =D."
There are so many things right about this movie: the title contains a pun (score!), CMM is acting again (double score!), and the words "ABC Family original movie" (triple score!), just to name a few. (Tell me you don't get secretly happy when you hear those words? No? Just me?)
The first thing we need to figure out is who will play the lead: Ashley or Christina? Both are beautiful women who would be excellent at playing the bitchy PR lady, but Christina's pop star past would give her the perfect real-life experience for playing the client. Then again, Christina and Chad are a lot closer in age, so maybe they're the reunited couple and Ashley is a young socialite or a Lindsay Lohan-like out-of-control young actress. So many possibilities!
Are you excited by the sound of this ABC Family film? How psyched are you that Chad is making his return to television? Which actress do you think will play which part?
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