New Hallmark mystery
Brendan Penny
Amanda Schull
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries
Two new Aurora Teagarden movies in the works
Two new Aurora Teagarden movies are headed to television. Crews will be filming the new mysteries in various locations around Vancouver, British Columbia, in the
Why Skyler Samuels didn’t seek advice from Candace Cameron Bure for her role in new Aurora Teagarden movie
For her new role as Aurora Teagarden, actress Skyler Samuels spent hours studying the Hallmark mysteries starring Candace Cameron Bure. “I watched a bunch of
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Gilles Marini and Brooke D’Orsay solve a crime of fashion in new Hallmark mystery set in Paris
Days of Our Lives star Gilles Marini will join Brooke D’Orsay in the new Hallmark mystery Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch. The movie, which takes place amid the backstage chaos of Paris fashion week, also stars French actress Paloma Coquant.
New Hallmark mystery
In Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch, Brooke D’Orsay plays Lauren, a psychologist who lands her dream job as a performance coach at the Parisian-based House of Trésor. With the help of her calming techniques, the company pulls off the perfect show at fashion week. But when the production is interrupted by screams, Lauren finds her friend Charlotte (played by Coquant) standing over the dead body of Trésor’s business manager.
A local detective (played by Marini) is called in to investigate. Lauren helps him uncover a counterfeit handbag ring, which leads them to a long list of suspects.
Gilles Marini
Gilles Marini is known for his roles in Days of Our Lives, Brothers & Sisters, Switched at Birth, and Devious Maids. He has also appeared in Sex and the City: The Movie, All I Wish For, and The List.
Born in France to a Greek mother and an Italian father, Marini worked in his father’s bakery until he began a career as a model in the United States.
In a recent interview, the actor talked about how much he enjoyed working with Hallmark.
“I’ve never been treated so well on any set on any network like Hallmark,” he told Digital Journal. “It was literally a dream job. I was dying to work with Hallmark for a long time.”
The actor also spoke about how important his Greek heritage is.
“Every single morning, when I wake up, I call my mom,” he said. We are addicted to speaking to each other to make the family better every day. We’ve been doing that regularly for the last 10 years. …My mother is a strong woman, and she is my Greek heritage. She is a Greek goddess, for sure. Even if she is 100 percent wrong, I always say, ‘Yes, mom.’ I love it.”
Brooke D’Orsay
Brooke D’Orsay is a Hallmark veteran. She starred in the Hallmark movies Miss Christmas (2017), Christmas in Love (2018), Nostalgic Christmas (2019), A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love (2020), Beverly Hills Wedding (2021), A Dickens of a Holiday (2021), Wedding of a Lifetime (2022), A Fabled Holiday (2022), and A Not So Royal Christmas (2023).
The actress has also had roles in the TV shows Two And A Half Men, Royal Pains, and Drop Dead Diva.
Candace Cameron Bure to star in new mystery series
Candace Cameron Bure will star in a new mystery series. The actress, who starred in the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries series for Hallmark, will take the lead role in a cozy mystery series for Great American Family.
“There’s nothing more exciting for me than being back in the cozy mystery genre,” Bure said in a statement. “Mysteries are so fun to watch and to try to solve. I hope our faithful fans and audiences fall in love with the townspeople of Sweet River, Texas, and Ainsley McGregor’s keen eye for solving mysteries. In this next-level mystery series, the family dynamics and developing relationships alone should keep you coming back for more!”
New mystery series
Bure will star as Ainsley McGregor in The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Winemaker. The movie, which is based on the cozy mystery novel by Candace Havens, will also star Aaron Ashmore.
The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Winemaker is the first mystery movie for Great American Family, which was launched by former Hallmark CEO Bill Abbott in 2021. The company, which runs two cable networks, has produced a slew of romantic comedies and holiday movies and recently launched an original TV drama series, County Rescue.
In The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Winemaker, Bure stars as Ainsley McGregor (Cameron Bure), a former Chicago criminologist who returns to her Texas hometown in order to open a market for artisans titled Bless Your Arts. According to a synopsis from the network, “Ainsley, however, cannot deny her first love is crime solving and accepts a position teaching a criminology class at the local community college. Her skills quickly become a major asset to the small town when a murder occurs at a winery owned by her friend, who now stands accused of the crime.”
Aurora Teagarden
Some fans are still reeling from Bure’s 2022 announcement that she was leaving Hallmark Media to take a job producing and starring in movies and shows for Great American Family.
The actress had recently finished making the 18th movie in the popular Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, a series of films based on novels by Charlaine Harris. Many fans assumed the films would be finished without the star.
But in 2023, Hallmark announced it was releasing a prequel to the series, Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New, starring Hallmark has started making a series of prequel films with actress Skyler Samuels in the title role.
“Our viewers have been waiting for more adventures with Aurora and her friends — what better way to do that than to take them back to when the young, amateur sleuth was just coming into her own?” said Emily Merlin, development manager of programming at Hallmark Media. “The Aurora Teagarden franchise is a fan favorite and we’re excited to share this new chapter with viewers.”
Producer Mike Barbuto recently announced that two more movies are in the works.
“…I can tell you that the next two are going to be even better than the first one,” Barbuto said on the Hallmark Mysteries and More podcast.
Great American Family
Great American Family is expected to announce more original movie mysteries in the next few weeks, according to Deadline. CEO Bill Abbott said the movies will fit right in with the rest of the network’s programming.
“Our cozy mysteries are crafted in the heritage of the classic storytelling that has evolved since Agatha Christie coined the term in the 1930s and set the stage for one of the most popular genres of entertainment,” he said.
Two new Aurora Teagarden movies in the works
Two new Aurora Teagarden movies are headed to television. Crews will be filming the new mysteries in various locations around Vancouver, British Columbia, in the coming weeks. The projects were confirmed by producer Mike Barbuto in a recent interview.
“…I can tell you that the next two are going to be even better than the first one,” Barbuto said on the Hallmark Mysteries and More podcast.
The movies follow a reboot of the Hallmark Mysteries franchise in 2023 that featured Skyler Samuels in the title role. The original series ended abruptly when actress Candace Cameron Bure, who played Aurora “Ro” Teagarden in the films, left Hallmark to work with the new network Great American Family.
New Aurora Teagarden movies
According to Creative BC, crews will be filming in the coming weeks in various locations around Vancouver. The projects listed are “Young Aurora Teagarden Mysteries 2” and “Young Aurora Teagarden Mysteries 3.” The director listed on both projects is Jessica Harmon, who directed Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New in 2023.
Hallmark surprised fans when it announced it was reviving the series. Based on the novels by Charlaine Harris, the mysteries follow Aurora Teagarden, a crime-obsessed librarian who lives in the small town of Lawrenceton, Washington. Marilu Henner starred as her mother, Aida, and Niall Matter joined the cast eventually as Aurora’s love interest.
The network made 18 movies in the series:
A Bone to Pick (2015)
Real Murders (2015)
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (2016)
The Julius House (2016)
Dead Over Heels (2017)
A Bundle of Trouble (2017)
Last Scene Alive (2018)
Reap What You Sew (2018)
The Disappearing Game (2018)
A Game of Cat and Mouse (2019)
An Inheritance to Die For (2019)
A Very Foul Play (2019)
Heist and Seek (2020)
Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)
How to Con a Con (2021)
Til Death Do Us Part (2021)
Honeymoon, Honeymurder (2021)
Haunted by Murder (2022)
Candace Cameron Bure
But in April 2022, series lead Candace Cameron Bure shocked fans when she announced she would be leaving Hallmark to work with Great American Family, a network started by the former CEO of Hallmark Media.
“I’m very excited to develop heartwarming family and faith-filled programming and make the kind of stories my family and I love to watch,” Bure said in a statement through the network, which started airing material in September 2021.“I am constantly looking for ways that I can inspire people to live life with purpose. GAC fits my brand perfectly; we share a vision of creating compelling wholesome content for an audience who wants to watch programming for and with the whole family. Great, quality entertainment with a positive message is what my partnership with GAC is all about!”
In the works
But in 2023, Hallmark premiered a prequel to the series.
“Our viewers have been waiting for more adventures with Aurora and her friends — what better way to do that than to take them back to when the young, amateur sleuth was just coming into her own?” said Emily Merlin, development manager of programming at Hallmark Media. “The Aurora Teagarden franchise is a fan favorite and we’re excited to share this new chapter with viewers.”
In Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New, Skyler Samuels portrayed a young Ro Teagarden who returned to her hometown following college graduation.
While working as a teacher’s assistant in a crime fiction class and waitressing at the local diner, she discussed true crime with local police detective Arthur (played by Evan Roderick) and helped her friend Sally plan her wedding.
When Sally’s fiancé didn’t show up at the wedding rehearsal, Aurora and Arthur went to track him down. They discovered a body, which they at first assumed was Sally’s tardy groom. But when it turned out to be someone else, Sally’s fiancé became the main suspect.
Hallmark has not yet given a release date for these films. We will update this story as more information becomes available.
A gilded-age heiress is a witness to murder in new Hallmark mystery
Ali Skovbye plays an heiress who witnesses a murder in the new Hallmark movie Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers. The movie, which takes place in Newport, Rhode Island in 1895, also stars Nathan Witte and Brady Cross. It is based on the book by Alyssa Maxwell.
New Hallmark mystery
In Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers, Skovbye stars as Emma Vanderbilt-Cross, a distant relative of Cornelius Vanderbilt and a writer for the Newport Observer. When New York society decamps to Newport for the summer season, Emma prepares to cover various balls and parties for the society pages.
But during a ball at the Vanderbilt’s summer home, the family’s financial advisor is murdered and the prime suspect is Emma’s half-brother Brady (played by James Drew Dean). She decides to take matters into her own hands and sets out to prove her half-brother’s innocence.
With help from local detective Jesse Whyte (played by Danny Griffin) and the household staff, Emma sets out to figure out whodunnit. But as she gets closer to the truth, the murderer goes on the offensive, putting Emma — and everyone who helps her — in danger.
About the location
The movie takes place at The Breakers, the summer home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II. The mansion, which is open to tourists, took two years to build and has more than 70 rooms, including 48 bedrooms. Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers was shot at historical mansions in Victoria, BC.
About the cast
Ali Skovbye plays the teenage version of Tully Hart on the Netflix series Firefly Lane. She has appeared in Hallmark’s Gourmet Detective Mysteries series as Abigail and played Becking Hastings on When Calls the Heart.
Danny Griffin has appeared on the TV shows Fate: The Winx Saga, Get Even, So Awkward, and Free Rein.
Nathan Witte has starred in the Hallmark movies Romance to the Rescue (2022), Cut, Color, Murder (2022), The Nine Kittens of Christmas (2021), A Christmas Treasure (2021), Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6 (2021), and Sweet Carolina (2021).
New Hallmark mystery set on a remote island
The scariest part of the new Hallmark mystery movie Mystery Island is that it takes place on a remote island with NO CELL SERVICE.
If that isn’t terrifying enough, there is also a murder.
New Hallmark mystery
In Mystery Island, Elizabeth Henstridge stars as Dr. Emilia Priestly, a noted British criminal psychiatrist. When her friend, Baroness Jane Alcott (played by Kezia Burrows) insists she take some time off, Priestly agrees to accompany the baroness on a trip to a mystery-themed resort island.
When she arrives, she discovers the no cell service rule and comes face-to-face with the resort’s eccentric owner, John Murtaugh (Robert Getman). In the resort’s inaugural weekend, the guests are supposed to solve a pretend murder.
But when the guests discover the owner dead, the game is halted and the entire island is shut down so that police can investigate.
Solving a mystery
Though Emilia is at the resort to relax, she soon puts her investigative skills to use and joins forces with the handsome local detective (played by Charlie Weber) who has been sent out to solve the case.
“The lines between game and reality are blurred as they unravel the web of romance, revenge, and betrayal behind the resort, its guests, and its elusive founder,” reads a synopsis from the network.
This is the fourth new mystery Hallmark has debuted this year. In May, Lacey Chabert and Will Kemp starred in The Dancing Detective: Deadly Tango. Tamera Mowry-Housley played a conductor who solves a mystery at an Irish boarding school in Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Murder in G Major. And Jodie Sweetin starred in The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost.
Elizabeth Henstridge
Elizabeth Henstridge got her start on the British TV series Hollyoaks. She appeared in the movies Gangs of Tooting Broadway (2013), Reach Me (2014), and Wolves at the Door (2016). She has starred in the TV shows Ultimate Spider-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Suspicion.
In 2019, she co-starred with Ryan Paevey in the Countdown to Christmas rom-com Christmas at the Plaza.
Charlie Weber
Charlie Weber moved to New York at the age of 19 to study acting. He worked as a model before being cast in the Greg Berlanti film The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy.
He appeared on How to Get Away With Murder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Drew Carey Show, Charmed, Veronica Mars, House, Burn Notice, Bones, Warehouse 13, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
He also starred in the movies The Locksmith, As They Made Us, After We Collided, and Coyote Lake.
In 2022 he made his Hallmark debut in the movie Christmas Bedtime Stories.
Mystery Island will premiere on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries on Friday, September 29 at 9/8c.