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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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  • Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha star in new Hallmark movie filmed at the Biltmore Estate

    Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha star in new Hallmark movie filmed at the Biltmore Estate

    Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha will headline the new Hallmark movie A Biltmore Christmas, which was filmed on location at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. The film, which was made in January 2023, is part of the 2023 Countdown to Christmas lineup.

    New Hallmark movie

    In A Biltmore Christmas, Bethany Joy Lenz plays Lucy, a screenwriter who lands the job of a lifetime when she’s hired to pen the script for a remake of the 1947 holiday movie classic, His Merry Wife, which was filmed at the historic Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina.

    Lucy travels to the estate to do research. After discovering an enchanted hourglass, she goes back in time to 1946 and finds herself on the set of the original version of His Merry Wife. She meets Jack Huston, (Polaha) one of the movie’s stars, and the two begin to spend time together. But when she realizes that her presence in the past could affect whether the film gets made, Lucy has to decide whether to give up on her budding romance.

    Biltmore Estate

    A Biltmore Christmas made headlines when crews began filming shortly after Christmas last year. A network executive said the landmark made the perfect backdrop to a Christmas romance.

    “Each year we look for ways to create exciting, new holiday viewing experiences for our audience,” said Samantha DiPippo, senior vice president of development and programming at Hallmark Media. “We know fans will love being transported back in time and the iconic, beautiful Biltmore Estate is the perfect setting to help fans get into the holiday spirit.”

    The 175,000-square-foot Biltmore Estate took six years to complete. The home of George Washington Vanderbilt, it was opened to friends and family on Christmas Eve in 1895. The 250-room French Renaissance chateau includes 35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65 fireplaces.

    About the cast

    Bethany Joy Lenz played Haley James Scott on the popular TV series One Tree Hill. She has also appeared in Grey’s Anatomy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Life Unexpected, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Colony.

    Lenz has starred in the Hallmark movies The Christmas Secret (2014), Snowed-Inn Christmas (2017), Royal Matchmaker (2018), Bottled With Love (2019), A Valentine’s Match (2020), Just My Type (2020), Five Star Christmas (2020), and An Unexpected Christmas (2021).

    Kristoffer Polaha

    Kristoffer Polaha played Nate “Baze” Bazile in the TV series Life Unexpected. He has also starred in the TV shows Hawaii Five-O, Rizzoli & Isles, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Lethal Weapon. He played Travis Burke in Hallmark’s Mystery 101 series.

    He has also starred in the Hallmark movies Dater’s Handbook (2016), Hearts of Christmas (2016), Rocky Mountain Christmas (2017), Pearl in Paradise (2018), Small Town Christmas (2018), Double Holiday (2019), A Dickens of a Holiday (2021), We Wish You a Married Christmas (2022), and Haul Out the Holly (2022).

    A Biltmore Christmas will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Sunday, November 26 at 8/7c.

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