Star Trek Veteran Making The Yuletide Gay

Filed Under Celebs, Gay Film, Gossip | December 8th, 2008 

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — No this isn’t about George Takei — Gates McFadden, best known for playing Dr. Beverly Crusher in the popular TV series, “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” has signed on to appear in Make the Yuletide Gay, a Christmas comedy feature film to be produced by Guest House Films in December 2008. McFadden will play the role of Martha Stanford.

Make The Yuletide Gay Poster (Guest House Films)
Make The Yuletide Gay, a new film written and directed by Rob Williams. (Guest House Films)

Olaf “Gunn” Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his family. He keeps his cool as his quirky Midwestern-hearted parents try to set him up with his high school sweetheart, Abby. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?

Make the Yuletide Gay is expected to be released during the 2009 holiday season. Written and directed by Rob Williams, the film also will star Adamo Ruggiero (”Degrassi: The Next Generation”), Ian Buchanan (Daytime Emmy Award winner for “The Bold and the Beautiful”), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson from “Little House on the Prairie”), Steve Callahan (”East Side Story”) and newcomer Keith Jordan.

Guest House Films founders Williams and Rodney Johnson were recently named to the “Leading Men of 2008” list by Instinct Magazine. For more information on Make the Yuletide Gay and Guest House Films, visit the company’s official web site at www.GuestHouseFilms.com.

Update: Make the Yuletide Gay has been released on DVD as of November 10, 2009.