Category: The Way Home

  • The Way Home cast shares exciting previews for upcoming season

    The Way Home cast shares exciting previews for upcoming season

    The Way Home cast recently shared some teasers for the show’s upcoming season. At a press event, the stars of the Hallmark series and the show’s writers answered questions about developments in Season 3. From the sounds of it, fans will not be disappointed.
     

    The Way Home cast

     
    The Way Home premiered on Hallmark Channel in January 2023. Starring Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, and Evan Williams, the series was billed as a multi-generational drama with a bit of magic.
     
    In the series, Chyler Leigh plays Kat Landry, a woman who uproots her teenage daughter, Alice (played by Sadie Laflamme-Snow), from Chicago to move home to the small town she fled following a family tragedy decades earlier.
     
    She moves back in with her mother, Del (played by Andie MacDowell), with whom she has a tense relationship. When Alice becomes curious about the tension between her mother and grandmother, she discovers she can time travel through a pond on her grandmother’s farm. She finds herself back in the 1990s and is able to see what her mother was like as a teenager and what the entire family was like before it was ripped apart by tragedy.
     

    The Way Home Season 2

     
    During an appearance at the ATX TV Festival in Texas, both the cast and the writers — which include mother-daughter show runners Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke, as well as series co-creator Marly Reed — answered questions about developments in Season 2 and talked about what to expect in Season 3.
     
    What can fans expect?
     

    More time travel

     
    One of the aspects that has set The Way Home apart from other shows is its use of time travel. Alice spent part of Season 1 in the 1990s. In Season 2, Kat jumped into the pond and found herself in 1814, where she finds clues about what led to her family’s tragedy.
     
    During their recent appearance, the show’s writers said that Season 3 will feature time travel. Though they didn’t say exactly which time period the characters would explore, they did say that it would be fun to put the Landry women in the 1950s.
     
    “I think it would be very, very interesting,” Heather Conkie said.

    More Elliot time

     
    One of the main characters in the series is Elliot (played by Evan Williams), a neighbor and family friend who knows that the Landry women can travel through time. He is also in love with Kat, though he was married to someone else during the years she lived in the city.
     
    When asked if fans would ever get to see Elliot’s ex-wife in the show, the writers said yes.
     
    “Who have you been talking to?” Conkie joked.
     
    Marly Reed said the upcoming season will reveal many things about Elliot and his past. 
     

    More tension between the Landry women

     
    When the series started, Kat was having difficulties with her doughtier and it soon became clear she had a bad relationship with her mother. In Season 1, Kat and Alice were able to repair things, to a degree. In Season 2, Kat and Del had their own breakthrough. 
     
    But things will once again get rocky for the Landry women in Season 3.
     
    “…It’s going to get heavy,” Chyler Leigh said.
     

    The Way Home Season 3

     
    Though Hallmark has not yet given a release date for Season 3, the network has said that filming will begin on new episodes in August. 
     
    Since Season 1 and Season 2 premiered in January, it is likely that fans can expect a premiere in early 2025. However, Hallmark also announced that it is working on another new series, The Chicken Sisters. In the past, established series have had their season premieres pushed back a few months to accommodate the new shows.
     
    We will update this story as soon as we have a premiere date for The Way Home Season 3.
     
          

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    Andie MacDowell as Del Landry

    No stranger to Hallmark audiences, MacDowell played Judge Olivia Lockhart on the Hallmark series Cedar Cove from 2013 to 2015. Based on the books by Debbie Macomber, the show followed the residents of a small town on Puget Sound in Washington State. The ensemble cast also included Sarah Smyth, Dylan Neal, Teryl Rothery, Brennan Elliott, Barbara Niven, Cindy Busby, and Jesse Hutch.

    A native of Gaffney, South Carolina, MacDowell worked as a model before being cast in the 1984 movie Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. Audiences never got to hear her voice in the movie as the producers decided her South Carolina accent was too pronounced and dubbed her lines using Glenn Close.

    She had a small role in St. Elmo’s Fire but her breakout role was in Steven Soderbergh’s 1989 film Sex, Lies, and Videotape. MacDowell’s performance was so impressive she was nominated for a Golden Globe. She went on to star in Green Card with Gerard Depardieu, Groundhog Day with Bill Murray, and Four Weddings and a Funeral with Hugh Grant.

    Chyler Leigh as Kat Landry

    A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Chyler Leigh began modeling as a teenager. Her breakout role was in the 2001 comedy Not Another Teen Movie. In 2007, she joined the cast of the hit series Grey’s Anatomy as Dr. Lexie Grey, the half-sister of Ellen Pompeo’s character, Dr. Meredith Grey. From 2015 to 2021, Leigh appeared in the DC comics superhero series Supergirl.

    Leigh has been an outspoken advocate for people affected by mental illness. At the age of 29, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has used her social media platform to help others struggling with mental health issues.

    Soon after Hallmark announced that The Way Home was coming to TV, Leigh shared an Instagram post saying she was excited about the show.

    “Took time off to work hard on myself,” she wrote. “It’s not been easy. Letting go of the past can be quick or a lifelong journey. But it’s a journey that is so so worth the climb. My thanks to those who have helped me along the way. I’m standing on a new mountain top and am so excited for what’s on the horizon. @hallmarkchannel #TheWayHome #KatLandry … here we go.”

    Sadie Laflamme-Snow as Alice

    Newcomer Sadie Laflamme-Snow will portray Alice, a rebellious teen who becomes enthralled by the mystery she finds in her mother’s hometown.

    A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s acting program, Laflamme-Snow has appeared in the TV series Game On and the movies Love Triangle Nightmare and Sinister Switch.

    Evan Williams as Elliott

    Actor Evan Williams will portray the role of Elliott Augustine, Kat’s childhood friend who teaches science at the town’s high school. Though he is not in many of the promotional materials Hallmark has released for the show, Elliott plays a crucial role in helping the Landry women deal with past circumstances.

    He also has a major crush on Kat, meaning there’s a potential for romance. (Yay!)

    Hallmark audiences might recognize Williams as Corey from the Full House re-boot Fuller House. He also starred in the romantic comedies A Date by Christmas Eve and Christmas Takes Flight.

    The Way Home will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Sunday, January 15 at 9/8c.

  • Hallmark believes its new TV series The Way Home will be a fan favorite

    Hallmark believes its new TV series The Way Home will be a fan favorite

    Hallmark’s new TV series, The Way Home, will premiere in January, and the network already believes it has landed on a story that will resonate with fans.

    “We know the compelling, heartfelt journey of the Landry women and the series will draw in viewers and is sure to become a new fan favorite,” said Laurie Ferneau, senior vice president of development at Hallmark Media.

    The Way Home is the first new Hallmark has introduced since 2016, when it premiered the family drama Chesapeake Shores. The series will star Andie MacDowell, who previously headlined Hallmark’s TV series Cedar Cove.

    New TV series

    In The Way Home, MacDowell will star as Del Landry, the matriarch of the Landry family and a pillar of the community in her small Canadian farming town. According to a synopsis from the network:

    “She and her daughter Kat have been estranged from each other following tragic events that left their family forever changed and prompted Kat to move away. When Kat unexpectedly returns many years later with her teenage daughter whom Del has never met, the three generations of women embark on an enlightening journey to find their way back to each other and learn important lessons about their family’s past.”

    Sadie Laflamme-Snow, Alex Hook, and Andie MacDowell in The Way Home. (Image: Hallmark Media)
    Sadie Laflamme-Snow, Alex Hook, and Andie MacDowell in the new Hallmark TV series The Way Home. (Image: Hallmark Media)

    The series is being written by the mother-daughter team Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke. The pair, who wrote the script for the Disney Channel movie Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, have also collaborated on the award-winning series Heartland.

    Canceled shows

    In recent years, Hallmark canceled all but one of its TV shows, much to the disappointment of fans. In July 2021, the network announced the show Good Witch would finish at the end of Season 7. Shortly before filming began on Season 6 of Chesapeake Shores, Hallmark announced it would be the show’s last. The network also canceled its lifestyle program Home and Family.

    Fans have already said on social media that they are reluctant to commit to a new Hallmark show because they are afraid it will be canceled.

    When Hallmark released a video trailer of the new show, which will also star Chyler Leigh and Sadie Laflamme-Snow, some fans wrote they wouldn’t watch it.

    “Every time we get interested in and devoted to a series it gets canceled,” wrote one fan in the Facebook comments section.

    “No more series for me,” wrote another. “I just start watching then they cancel them.”

    But Hallmark is hoping other viewers will take to the family drama.

    “The Way Home is a passion project and I am beyond happy to see this special series brought to life here at Hallmark, and so beautifully,” said Lisa Hamilton-Daly, executive vice president of programming at Hallmark Media.

    The Way Home will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Sunday, January 15 at 8/7c.