Netflix announces movie about Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench's viral Thanksgiving text exchange
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An honest mistake turned into a new holiday tradition – and that tradition is turning into a new Netflix movie.
In 2016, an Arizona grandmother named Wanda Dench tried to text her grandson about the family's Thanksgiving dinner plans – only she mistakenly added a stranger to the text message. Jamal Hinton, a high school senior, was on the receiving end of the holiday text and jokingly took Dench up on her offer. Now, the wholesome holiday story is being turned into a feature film for Netflix.
After receiving the first text, Hinton not only asked Dench if he could join her for Thanksgiving, he's actually celebrated the holiday with her every year since.
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