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  • This fan-favorite Hallmark Christmas movie is getting a sequel

    This fan-favorite Hallmark Christmas movie is getting a sequel

    The 2023 Hallmark Christmas movie Christmas on Cherry Lane is getting a sequel and possibly, a series. The film, which starred Catherine Bell, James Denton, Jonathan Bennett, and Erin Cahill, was popular with viewers, particularly fans of the Hallmark series Good Witch.
     
    A website that lists movies being shot in Vancouver, BC, noted that filming for “Christmas on Cherry Lane Movie 2,” will begin in late June. The movie is being directed by Gail Harvey, who also directed Christmas on Cherry Lane. Another fan website claims that another two movies in the series will also begin filming this summer.
     

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    Good Witch fans were thrilled when Hallmark Channel announced the premiere of Christmas on Cherry Lane. The Countdown to Christmas movie, which first aired in December of 2023, featured the stories of three couples as they prepared to celebrate the holidays. Catherine Bell and James Denton — who played a married couple in the Hallmark series Good Witch — starred as one of the couples.
     
    Goodies, who were left shocked and upset when Hallmark abruptly canceled the series in 2021, were thrilled when Catherine Bell shared the news.
     
    “Who’s ready for some Christmas magic (not THAT kind of magic!),” she wrote in an Instagram post, “just the lovely sweet romantic happy @hallmarkchannel kind of magic December 9 only on @hallmarkchannel #christmasoncherrylane.”
     
    Good Witch fans posted to social media in anticipation of the movie’s debut using the hashtags #SassieBack, #Countdown2Sassie, and #SAVEGOODWITCH.
    Erin Krakow stars with Robert Buckley in the new Hallmark movie Blind Date Book Club. (Image: Hallmark Media)

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    Cherry Lane

     
    In Christmas on Cherry Lane, John Brotherton and Erin Cahill played a young couple preparing to welcome their first child while also adjusting to a recent move.
     
    Jonathan Bennett and Vincent Rodriguez III played a couple suddenly faced with hosting 14 guests at Christmas in the middle of a kitchen remodel.
     
    Catherine Bell played a widow preparing to celebrate the holidays with her fiancé, played by Denton. She faced some resistance from her grown-up children, who weren’t ready to see their mother with someone new.
     

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    Though Hallmark has not released details of the sequel, it is likely the film will be released during the 2024 Countdown to Christmas season. Some fans have speculated this is the beginning of a series of movies, though Hallmark has not confirmed this.
     
    Christmas on Cherry Lane isn’t the only movie to get a sequel this year. Hallmark thrilled fans when it announced in May that a sequel was being released in 2024 to the 2022 hit movie Three Wise Men and a Baby. Three Wiser Men and a Boy will premiere later this year.
     
    Hallmark Channel has not yet given a release date for the sequel to Christmas on Cherry Lane. We will update this story as more information becomes available.
     
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  • Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha will star in Hallmark Christmas movie set in Iceland

    Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha will star in Hallmark Christmas movie set in Iceland

    Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha have finished filming a new Hallmark Christmas movie set in Iceland.
     
    The film, titled The Christmas Quest, will premiere during the 2024 Countdown to Christmas lineup.
     
    “This incredible team just made an incredible filmmaking experience happen, one that I am so proud to be a part of. We also happened to make, I believe, a holiday movie that will blow your minds. Get ready!!!” wrote Kristoffer Polaha in an Instagram post promoting the movie.
     

    Hallmark Christmas movies

     
    This Christmas season will mark 15 years since Hallmark began its Countdown to Christmas lineup. From late October through New Year’s Day, Hallmark Channel will air round-the-clock Christmas movies.
     
    Last year, Hallmark Media released more than 40 new movies during its Countdown to Christmas and Miracles of Christmas events.
     
    “In the spirit of the best action-adventure romances, The Christmas Quest pairs Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha on a daring quest, with a unique holiday twist,” said Samantha DiPippo, senior vice president of development and programming at Hallmark Media. “Lacey and Kristoffer are at their charming best together and are the perfect pair to take viewers on this journey.” 
    In The Christmas Quest, Lacey Chabert stars as an archaeologist who gets sent to Iceland at Christmastime to search for a legendary treasure. When she finds out that her ex-husband (Polaha), an expert in ancient Norse languages, has also been assigned to go on the trip, she expects the worst. But the pair find themselves swept into a thrilling adventure as they race to keep the treasure from falling into the wrong hands.
     

    Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha

     
    Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha gave fans a sneak peek at the movie on Instagram. In a video that features the two actors in an ice cave, Polaha says, “This would be a really cool place to film a Hallmark Christmas movie, wouldn’t it?”
     
    “Really cool,” Chabert says.
     
    Both Chabert and Polaha have starred in Hallmark Christmas movies before. However, this is the first time the two have worked on one together. During the 2023 Countdown to Christmas event, Chabert starred in A Merry Scottish Christmas with Scott Wolfe. Polaha headlined A Biltmore Christmas with Bethany Joy Lenz.
     
    Hallmark has not yet given a release date for The Christmas Quest. We will update this story as more information becomes available.

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  • Jessy Schram and Chandler Massey find love at Mystic Aquarium in new Christmas movie on Hallmark

    Jessy Schram and Chandler Massey find love at Mystic Aquarium in new Christmas movie on Hallmark

    The new Christmas movie Mystic Christmas stars Jessy Schram and Chandler Massey. Filmed on location in Mystic, Connecticut, the film follows a marine biologist on temporary assignment at the Mystic Aquarium who finds herself falling for the owner of a local pizza shop.

    The movie, which is part of Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas lineup, will premiere this weekend.

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    In Mystic Christmas, Jessy Shram stars as Juniper Jones, a marine biologist who enjoys traveling the world and has no plans to settle down. When a friend from college asks her to take a temporary assignment in the quaint town of Mystic, Connecticut, she agrees.

    At the Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Center and Aquarium, she helps staff members prepare a seal named Peppermint for release back into the wild. When she is not working, Juniper finds herself exploring the town.

    She is surprised when she runs into Sawyer (Chandler Massey), the owner of a local pizza shop, with whom she shared a romantic evening a few years earlier. Their reunion is awkward but they find they still have chemistry. They begin seeing each other with the understanding that their romance will be temporary. Juniper is determined to leave Mystic once her assignment is finished and Sawyer says he never wants to live anywhere other than Mystic.

    But as Juniper joins in the town’s Christmas activities, she finds herself wondering if a life of traveling is really what she wants.

    Mystic, Connecticut

    The movie was filmed on location in Connecticut. The scenes that take place at the Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Center and Aquarium were shot at the Mystic Aquarium. Other scenes were shot in Olde Mistick Village, a shopping center designed to look like an 18th-century New England village.

    About the cast

    Jessy Schram got her break as a guest star on the Nickelodeon series Drake & Josh. In 2005, she was cast as Susan Davis in the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries series Jane Doe, the daughter of government-agent-turned-homemaker Cathy Davis (played by Lea Thompson).

    She has appeared on Mad Men, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, Nashville, House, Lucifer, Chicago Fire, and Chicago Med.

    In addition to the nine movies in the Jane Doe series, Schram has appeared in the Hallmark movies A Smile as Big as the Moon (2012), Harvest Moon (2015), Birthday Wish (2017), Royal New Year’s Eve (2017), Road to Christmas (2018), Country at Heart (2020), Amazing Winter Romance (2020), A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020), and Time For Them to Come Home For Christmas (2021).

    Chandler Massey has played Will Horton on the soap opera Days of Our Lives off and on since 2010, a role for which he has been awarded three Daytime Emmy awards.

    He has appeared on the show Bunk’d, Army Wives, and One Tree Hill. He has also starred in the Hallmark movies Next Stop, Christmas (2021), Heart of the Matter (2022), A Tale of Two Christmases (2022), and The Professional Bridesmaid (2023).

    Mystic Christmas will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, October 28 at 8/7c.

  • Kevin McGarry finds love in hockey-themed Hallmark Christmas movie

    Kevin McGarry finds love in hockey-themed Hallmark Christmas movie

    Kevin McGarry fans eager to see his moves on the ice are in for a treat. In the new Hallmark Christmas movie Checkin It Twice, the Canadian actor will show off his skating skills playing a professional hockey player.

    The When Calls the Heart star even took to Instagram to give fans a chance to win a jersey he wore in the movie.

    “I have a movie coming out in a few days, October 20, it kicks off Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas, and it is a sports movie…,” he said. “And I play a hockey player, Scott Briggs, in it and this is his actual jersey, my actual jersey…. And this could actually be yours if you make a donation of five dollars or more to the MLSE Foundation and in the comments section you write, ‘Jersey,’ you will be entered into a raffle to win my jersey. I’ll write a little note on it just for you and you can take it and, you know, do whatever you want with it.”

    The actor also talked a little bit about the MLSE (Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment) Foundation, which provides grants for children to have access to sports.

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    Checkin It Twice will mark the start of Hallmark’s 2023 Countdown to Christmas lineup.

    In the film, Kim Matula stars as Ashley, a New York real estate agent who has come home to Trout Falls, Idaho, to visit her family at Christmas. While at the airport gift shop, she runs into Scott Briggs (McGarry) who is a hockey player for the local Division III team.

    The new Hallmark Christmas movie lineup includes Ms. Christmas Comes to Town. (Image: Hallmark Media)

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    Ashley finds out that Scott will be staying at her family’s guest house and sparks fly between the two when she shows him around the town. But their romance is put on hold when both are offered huge career opportunities.

    For Ashley, this would mean an immediate return to New York City. For Scott, this means moving to another town to play for a Division II team.

    About the cast

    Kevin McGarry plays Nathan Grant on the hit Hallmark series When Calls the Heart. He appeared as Mitch Cutty on Heartland and has had roles on the shows Schitt’s Creek and The Night Agent.

    He has starred in the Hallmark movies Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris With Love (2015), Love at First Bark (2017), A Song For Christmas (2017), Autumn Stables (2018), Winter Castle (2019), Winter Love Story (2019), Christmas Scavenger Hunt (2019), A Very Corgi Christmas (2019), The Wedding Veil (2022), The Wedding Veil Legacy (2022), Feeling Butterflies (2022), My Grown-Up Christmas List (2022), and The Wedding Veil Expectations (2023).

    Kim Matula is best known for playing Hope Logan on the hit soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. In 2014, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the series.

    Kim Matula made her Hallmark debut in the 2022 movie Ghosts of Christmas Always. In an exclusive interview with TV Cheddar, the actress talked about how excited she was to be working with the network.

    “Hallmark movies are so beloved!” she said. “I’m thrilled to finally be in one. To quote my aunt, an avid Hallmark movie viewer, ‘There’s no nasty language and people are just nice.’ It’s hard to be inundated daily with the tragedies of the world. These films are a reminder that not everything has to be so dark. These movies fill you with cheer and immediately make you feel cozy.”

    Checkin It Twice will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Friday, October 20 at 8/7c.

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  • Everything you need to know about the Hallmark Christmas movie Noel Next Door

    Everything you need to know about the Hallmark Christmas movie Noel Next Door

    The Hallmark Christmas movie Noel Next Door will premiere as the first original film of the network’s Countdown to Christmas 2022 lineup. Starring Natalie Hall and Corey Sevier, the movie tells the story of a single mom and the neighborhood Scrooge and how they end up falling for each other.

    Natalie Hall posted about the movie on her Instagram page.

    “Our sweet movie “Noel Next Door” is the premiere and first movie to start out @hallmarkchannel iconic countdown to Christmas,” she wrote in the caption. “I’m so looking forward to sharing this beautiful movie with all of you.”

    The Hallmark Christmas movie Noel Next Door

    In the movie, Hall plays Noelle, a hardworking single mom. When her son, Henry, (played by Callum Shoniker), is scolded by a grumpy neighbor, she jumps to her son’s defense. She doesn’t realize that the neighbor is actually a handsome man named Jeremy. When Jeremy comes to the diner where she works, she finds herself attracted to him. But Jeremy can’t believe such a beautiful woman would fall for him. As the two continue to bump into each other, Jeremy tries to summon the courage to ask Noelle out.

    This is the second movie that Hall and Sevier have made together for Hallmark. The two starred in Road Trip Romance, which was released in May 2022.

    “I had the best time shooting this film with my favorite crew in Ottawa,” Hall wrote in an Instagram post promoting the film. “Hilarious cast! And with the wonderful director @thesamanthawan leading the way.”

    About the cast

    Natalie Hall had parts on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Good Wife before landing the role of Colby Chandler on All My Children. She appeared in Pretty Little Liars, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and the CW reboot of the series Charmed. She starred in Hallmark’s Love’s Christmas Journey, which was based on the series by Janette Oke, as well as the Hallmark rom-com You’re Bacon Me Crazy.

    Corey Sevier first appeared on a screen when he was six months old. Over the years, he has made more than 30 films, and had parts in the TV shows Cedar Cove, CSI: Miami, Heartland, Smallville, and Supernatural.

    Noel Next Door will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Friday, October 21 at 8/7c.