Bill Murray to Croon Christmas Carols in Upcoming TV Special

Variety writes that Bill Murray will be starring -- and singing -- in an upcoming TV Christmas special helmed by Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation). The lineup will include "classic carols".

"We're going to do it like a little movie," Murray told Variety. "It won't have a format, but it's going to have music. It will have texture. It will have threads through it that are writing. There will be prose. It will have a patina style and wit to it. It will be nice."

Coppola added, "...my motivation is to hear him singing my song requests."

No word yet on when the special will air.

Coppola's Lost in Translation won the 2003 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. She has also directed The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, Somewhere, and The Bling Ring.

Murray just appeared on the big screen in St. Vincent. His other upcoming projects include Rock the Kasbah, B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations, The Jungle Book and the TV miniseries Olive Kitteridge. The iconic comedian and actor is well known for his roles on SNL and in Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation, and Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel and more.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

To post a comment, you must register and login.