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  • Paul Campbell and Aimee Garcia are back as TV’s funniest detectives in new Hallmark mystery

    Paul Campbell and Aimee Garcia are back as TV’s funniest detectives in new Hallmark mystery

    Paul Campbell and Aimee Garcia are back in new Hallmark mystery

    Paul Campbell and Aimee Garcia are returning to the small screen together in the new Hallmark mystery The Cases of Mystery Lane: Listening to Death.

    “We’re BAAAAACK,” wrote Paul Campbell in an Instagram post.

    The Hallmark mystery is the long-awaited follow-up to The Cases of Mystery Lane, which premiered in 2023.

    Hallmark mystery

    In The Cases of Mystery Lane: Listening to Death. Paul Campbell and Aimee Garcia play aspiring private investigators Birdie and Aidan Case. When their favorite true crime podcast host is killed in her studio, the Cases become determined to figure out whodunnit.

    According to a synopsis from Hallmark, “It is up to the Cases to listen to the clues and solve this suspicious murder but as they dig into the case, personal details are discovered that could alter their own lives forever.”

    The Cases of Mystery Lane

    Hallmark introduced viewers to Birdie and Aidan Case in the 2023 movie The Cases of Mystery Lane. The movie combined humor and a touch of romance with the race to find a killer, resulting in a charming cozy mystery fans loved.

    “Aimee Garcia and Paul Campbell have undeniable on-screen chemistry and we know that viewers will be rooting for our newest crime-solving duo,” said Laura Gaines, then director of development at Hallmark Media, in an interview with TV Shows Ace.

    Paul Campbell 

    A native of Vancouver, Paul Campbell played Billy Keikeya on the TV series Battlestar Galactica. He has appeared on the shows Scrubs, Supernatural, How I Met Your Mother, and Motive.

    Campbell began writing screenplays shortly after the birth of his son. He wrote the 2017 Hallmark movie Sun, Sand & Romance, which he starred in with his former Battlestar Galactica castmate Tricia Helfer. He went on to write Christmas by Starlight, which he also starred in, as well as An Unexpected Christmas (2021), Christmas at Castle Hart (2021), and Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022).

    He has also starred in the movies Once Upon a Holiday (2015), A Christmas Coincidence (2018), The Last Bridesmaid (2019), Holiday Hearts (2019), Wedding Every Weekend (2020), The Santa Stakeout (2021), The Nine Kittens of Christmas (2021), Love, Classified (2022), Dating the Delaneys (2022), Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022), The Cases of Mystery Lane (2023), and Magic in Mistletoe (2023).

    In an interview, Campbell said he loves working for Hallmark Media.

    “Hallmark Channel is the perfect place for me to be working right now,” he said. “I really like the content, and now that I have a family, it’s a nice sort of pleasant content where I don’t have to worry about racy, questionable stuff. It’s definitely the direction that I feel I’m headed. I’m always open to doing movies or series with Hallmark, whatever they have for me. I would always jump at the chance.”

    Campbell recently finished filming the sequel to the 2022 Hallmark Christmas movie Three Wise Men and a Baby with Tyler Hynes and Andrew Walker.

  • Fan-favorite Hallmark mystery series to get three new movies

    Fan-favorite Hallmark mystery series to get three new movies

    The Hallmark mystery series Curious Caterer will get three new movies. Nikki DeLoach and Andrew Walker will begin filming Curious Caterer: Drumstick Drama next week in Vancouver, according to Deadline.
     
    The production company that makes the movies also has two more in pre-production, according to its website.
     
    “I’m thrilled!! I love these two together and I hope they keep making a lot more of these, so much fun to watch!” wrote one fan in the comments section.
     
    “I like these shows,” another wrote. “My granddaughter and I like to guess who the killer is.”
     

    Curious Caterer movies

     
    Hallmark released the first of the Curious Caterer movies in 2022 on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries (the network that has since been renamed Hallmark Mystery). Based on the books by Dianne Mott Davidson, the series followed a small-town Colorado caterer and single mother named Goldy Berry (played by Nikki DeLoach).
     
    In the first movie, Curious Caterer: Dying For Chocolate, Goldy finds one of her friends murdered and then teams up with Detective Tom Schultz (played by Andrew Walker) to solve the case.
     
    A second film in the series, Curious Caterer: Grilling Season, premiered in February 2023. In that movie, Goldy catered a barbecue for a friend who was killed when her grill exploded. Goldy was the number one suspect because she was the last one to use the grill. She worked with Schultz to clear her name.
     
    In Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows (2023), Goldy was hired to cater a wedding for Tom Schultz’s ex-wife. When the groom is murdered and the bride goes missing, Tom and Goldy must solve the case.
     
    In Curious Caterer: Foiled Plans (2024), Goldy was hired to cater an event at a local castle. But when a dead body is discovered. Goldy and Tom must rush to find the killer before he or she escapes.
     

    New Curious Caterer

     
    In Curious Caterer: Drumstick Drama, Goldy is hired to cater a party for the re-release of a rock album. When she finds out Tom has tickets to attend the band’s concert, which takes place on the same night as the party, she tries to figure out how she can do double-duty.
     
    But the band’s lead singer gets electrocuted during the event, turning the concert into a crime scene and Tom and Goldy must get to work.
     
    The company that produces the movies also has notices on its website for two additional movies in the franchise. In Curious Caterer: Tough Cookie, Goldy lands a gig hosting a cookie program for TV but ends up putting her detective skills to use when someone is killed on the set. 
     
    In Curious Caterer: Prime Cut, Goldy is invited to cater a tasting for a prestigious fashion show. But the event turns into a murder investigation when the body of a local contractor — the contractor Goldy has been feuding with — is found on-site.
     

    When to watch

     
    Hallmark has not yet given release dates for the new movies. We will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
     
          

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