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Nick Jonas Books Holiday Horror Movie ‘White Elephant’ … Where a Gift Exchange Leads to ‘Christmas Carnage!’

The film pairs Jonas and Newton in the first RSPX project, as MRC backs a holiday horror story about eight friends and Christmas carnage.

  • Nick Jonas and Kathryn Newton will star in White Elephant, an MRC holiday horror film marking the first project under the RSPX partnership between Radio Silence and Project X.
  • Directed by Eli Craig, who co-wrote the script with JT Billings, the story follows eight friends whose annual festive holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of Christmas carnage.
  • MRC is financing the production with producers Spencer Berman, Jonas, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, James Vanderbilt, Tyler Gillett, and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin overseeing the project.
  • Newton recently starred in Ready or Not 2, while Jonas balances roles in the thriller Bodyman and an upcoming Jumanji sequel alongside Dwayne Johnson.
  • No release date or additional cast members have been announced, though the project follows recent appearances by both actors in DreamQuil and Power Ballad.
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Nick Jonas to star in horror holiday flick, 'White Elephant'

Nick Jonas at the 2026 Oscars. (Disney/Ser Baffo) Nick Jonas has lined up his next movie project. The youngest Jonas Brother is set to star in a horror holiday flick called White Elephant, alongside Kathryn Newton. Deadline reports that the film is about eight friends whose “annual festive holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of Christmas carnage.” It will be directed by Clown in a Cornfield’s Eli Craig. “Let’s get it! So excited …

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Nick Jonas (Power Ballad) and Kathryn Newton (Ready to Go 2) will star in the holiday horror film White Elephant, the first collaboration between two creative teams, Radio Silence and Project X. These teams aim to flood the market with inventive and engaging thrillers and horror films. The film will be directed by genre director Eli Craig.

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Deadline broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
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