Nick Ricciardi ( Duster, Yellowstone ) joined High Stakes Holiday in a key role opposite previously announced cast Andrew Koji ( for Warrior, Bullet Train) Violet McGraw (M3GAN ), Madeleine McGraw (Black Phone), alongside Brynne Kurland, Azizi Donnelly, Jack Griffo, and Struggle Jennings.
High Stakes Holiday billed as Ocean’s 11 meets Home Alone, stars actual sisters Violet and Madeleine McGraw who play sharp witted siblings in the film. On vacation in Las Vegas, they wind up in the middle of a heist and must join forces with Koji’s jaded ex- MI6 agent turned security guard to outwit Donnelly’s devious international thief and rescue a priceless diamond gauntlet.
Shaun Piccinino (Netflix’s A California Christmas) is directing from a script penned by John Ducey (Max’s A Hollywood Christmas).
Ali Afshar (A Californian Christmas ), Daniel Aspromonte ( Day of Reckoning ), and Christina Moore ( Casa Grande ) are producing the film which filmed in Sin City. The McGraw sisters and their mother Jackie McGraw are executive producers.
Afshar’s ESX Entertainment, which has an output deal through Warner Bros. solidifies their dedication to filming in Nevada with High Stakes Holiday as Howard Hughes Holdings, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery team up and press for a new world-class production facility and tax credits.
Next up Nick Ricciardi can be seen in the new JJ Abrams Max Series Duster and in HBO’s third season of And Just Like That…
He is repped by Tabatha Minchew at Established Artists, Daniel Hoff Agency, and Mitchell & Associates Talent.
