Lucy Hale and Ian Harding are back on screen together in The Twelve Dates of Christmas, a rom-com reunion nearly a decade after they last shared the screen. Hale marked the moment with a TikTok video on October 4, making clear that the film is coming this Christmas.
That is the part fans were waiting to hear. Hale's post put a date-stamped spotlight on a project first announced last December, and it came with a line that will land with Pretty Little Liars viewers: she wrote, “And yes, we play the same age this time,” a pointed nod to the new pairing.
The film has not yet released a trailer, and it still has not said whether it will arrive on streaming or in theaters. Even so, the cast list gives the project some weight. Penelope Ann Miller plays Helen, the mother of Hale's character, while Paul Ben-Victor plays her father, Frank. Khayun Kim is playing Molly, the best friend, and Greer Grammer is cast as the character's nemesis. Demetrius Shipp Jr., Carter Jenkins, Leonidus Gulaptis and Zack Pearlman have also joined the film.
There is a familiar rhythm here for the two leads, but not a familiar one from their old television work. Hale played Aria and Harding played Ezra on Pretty Little Liars, a pairing that was never built like a standard rom-com romance because he was her high school English teacher when they fell in love. That history is part of why this reunion is getting attention now, especially for fans of Pretty Little Liars who have waited years to see them back together in a lighter setting.
The story of The Twelve Dates of Christmas also gives the reunion a clean commercial hook. Christina, a shop owner who has put her career ahead of dating, signs up for 12 dates in the 12 weeks leading up to Christmas after her younger siblings start marrying before her. The plot runs through online dating and unexpected connections, the kind of setup that can carry a holiday release — once viewers know where to find it. For now, the most important detail is simple: Hale has told fans the film is coming this Christmas, but the platform and the screen remain unstated.
That missing release plan is the one gap left in an otherwise clear update. The reunion is real, the timing is set and the trailer is still absent. What remains is the practical answer audiences need next: where The Twelve Dates of Christmas will actually appear when Christmas arrives.
