Trailer Released for Jessica Alba’s Dark Comedy “El Camino Christmas”

It’s a special Christmas for Jessica Alba

The 36-year-old half-Mexican American actress is starring the dark comedy El Camino Christmas.

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Directed by Dave Talbert, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Alba, Luke Grimes, Tim AllenDax Shepard and Vincent D’Onofrio.

It’s also the next film from Hidden Figures filmmaker Ted Melfi. The Netflix film will start streaming on December 8.

The project, 10 years in the making, was produced by Melfi and scripted by him and Chris Wehner.

The story follows a young man (Grimes) who seeks out a father he has never met and, through no fault of his own, ends up barricaded in a liquor store with five other people on Christmas Eve. The story takes place in the fictitious town of El Camino, Nevada.

Alba’s latest project follows her appearances in the films Mechanic: Resurrection and The Veil.

Alba to Star Opposite Jason Statham in the Action Film “Mechanic: Resurrection”

It’s resurrection time for Jessica Alba

The half-Mexican American actress has been cast in the murder-fueled action film Mechanic: Resurrection.

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Jason Statham returns as Arthur Bishop in Mechanic: Resurrection, the follow-up to the 2011 actioner that grossed $51 million worldwide.

This time Bishop is forced back into the hitman trade by a figure from his past and is forced to complete an impossible list of assassinations of the most dangerous men in the world.

No word on Alba’s role in the film , which also stars Tommy Lee Jones and Michelle Yoeh.

Mechanic: Resurrection will hit theaters January 22, 2016.