L-R: Wes Brown, Rachel Boston, Alicia Witt and Kristoffer Polaha. Credit: Crown Media
I have the biggest Christmas movie announcement yet for you today!
During Crown Media Family Networks’ bi-annual Television Critics Summer Press Tour, eleven new original movie titles were announced for Hallmark’s upcoming holiday programming slate, yes, you read that correctly — 11 new movies were revealed!
“Each year our holiday movie slates get bigger, the movies get better, and the ratings grow stronger and I have no doubt that this will prove to be the most successful season yet,” said Michelle Vicary, EVP, Programming & Network Publicity.
“We are so fortunate to work with such incredible talent –from the actors, to the writers, to the director and producers –who bring our signature holiday movies to life and have been instrumental in establishing Crown Media as the leader in compelling, top-quality holiday entertainment.”
Get the full scoop below of everything we new about these upcoming features. Expect to see many of your network favorites as well as a few fresh faces you’re sure to fall in love with.
Pictured: Krakow (left) and Wagner (right). Credit: Crown Media
Calling all Hearties! Your new favorite Christmas Day tradition continues this year with another “When Calls the Heart Christmas” movie for Hallmark Channel.
The film will include WCTH stars Erin Krakow, Pascale Hutton, Jack Wagner, Kavan Smith, Kevin McGarry, Paul Greene, Chris McNally, Martin Cummins and Andrea Brooks.
Pictured: Boston (left) and Brown (right). Credit: Crown Media
Rachel Boston returns for her seventh Hallmark movie with “Check Inn for Christmas” (Hallmark Channel) alongside Wes Brown. Boston previously starred in the festive movies “Christmas in Angel Falls” (2017), “A Rose for Christmas” (2017) and “Ice Sculpture Christmas” (2015) while Brown co-lead 2018’s “Christmas at Graceland” and 2016’s “Christmas Cookies”.
Pictured: Polaha (left) and Pope (right). Credit: Crown Media/IMDb
Kristoffer Polaha and Carly Pope (known for her roles on “Popular”, “Suits, “Arrow”) will team up for “Double Holiday” for Hallmark Channel, which seems to be one of the movies including the Hanukkah holiday that was announced late last year.
This will be Pope’s first Hallmark movie while Polaha previously starred in five — including: “Hearts of Christmas” (2016), “Rocky Mountain Christmas” (2017) and “Small Town Christmas” (2018).
Pictured L-R: Hynes, Pickler and Duffy. Credit: Crown Media
Kellie Pickler made her Hallmark Channel debut last year with “Christmas in Graceland” and she’s already onto her third film with the network! This Christmas she’ll star in “The Mistletoe Secret” with Tyler Hynes (“It’s Christmas, Eve”) and Patrick Duffy (“The Christmas Cure”).
Pictured: Liebert (left) and Porte (right). Credit: Crown Media
For fans of 2017’s “A Gift to Remember”, it appears that a sequel is on the way!
Ali Liebert and Peter Porte are reuniting for “A Gift to Cherish”, set to air on Hallmark Channel.
Pictured: Bristow (left) and Cohen (right). Credit: Crown Media/IMDb
Brittany Bristow has previously made six movies with Hallmark, including “Christmas Next Door” (2017) and “Christmas at the Palace” (2018), and now you’ll see her in “Holiday Date” (Hallmark Channel) alongside Matt Cohen. Known for his roles on the television shows “South of Nowhere” and “General Hospital”, Cohen will make his Hallmark debut with this film.
This title was previously announced last year as one of the Hanukkah movies in development.
Pictured: Grant (left) and Gifford (right). Credit: Crown Media
Grammy-winning Amy Grant put on a joyous holiday special last year with “Amy Grant’s Christmas in Tennessee”, and now she’ll head to Hallmark Movies & Mysteries to both star in and executive produce the heart-warming film, “When I Think of Christmas”.
Kathie Lee Gifford, along with Squire Rushnell and Louise DuArt, will also serve as co-executive producer of the sequel to last year’s inspiring “A Godwink Christmas”, which was a hit during the Miracles of Christmas programming.
Pictured: Ferguson (left) and Martin (right). Credit: Crown Media
Colin Ferguson (“Cedar Cove”) and Kellie Martin (“Hailey Dean Mysteries”) will team up for “Christmas in Montana” for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Ferguson previously starred in the holiday films “Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane” (2018) and “Every Christmas Has a Story” (2016), while Martin lead 2013’s “The Christmas Ornament”.
Pictured: Witt (left) and Cook (right). Credit: Crown Media
Alicia Witt and Rachael Leigh Cook, will both lead their own films on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Witt will star in “Second Hand Santa”, making it her seventh Christmas movie with the network. She can previously be seen in “Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane” (2018), “The Mistletoe Inn” (2017), “Christmas List” (2016), “I’m Not Ready for Christmas” (2015), “Christmas at Cartwright’s” (2014) and “A Very Merry Mix-Up” (2013).
As for Cook, who has made five movies with the network — including the ‘In the Vineyard’ film series, she will star in “The Christmas Bride”.
These titles follow the previously announced Hallmark Channel holiday films, “A Christmas Love Story” (Hallmark Hall of Fame) starring Kristin Chenoweth, Scott Wolf and Kevin Quinn, “The Christmas Coach” starring Erica Deutschman and Chad Connell, “Christmas in Rome” starring Lacey Chabert and Sam Page, “Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses” starring Jill Wagner, Matthew Davis and Donna Mills, “Picture a Perfect Christmas” starring Merritt Patterson and Jon Cor, “A Merry Christmas Match” starring Ashley Newbrough and Kyle Dean Massey, “Christmas at Graceland 2: Home for the Holidays” starring Adrian Grenier and Kaitlin Doubleday, “Nostalgic Christmas” starring Brooke D’Orsay and Trevor Donovan, “Write Before Christmas” starring Chad Michael Murray, Torrey DeVitto and Drew Seeley, “A Christmas Duet” starring Chaley Rose, Rome Flynn and Teryl Rothery, “Merry and Bright” starring Andrew Walker, Jodie Sweetin and Sharon Lawrence, “Christmas Town” starring Candace Cameron Bure, Tim Rozon and Beth Broderick, “Christmas at Dollywood” starring Danica McKellar, “Christmas Scavenger Hunt” starring Kim Shaw and Kevin McGarry, “Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen” starring Erin Krakow, Luke Macfarlane and Kimberley Sustad, “The Christmas Club” starring Cameron Mathison and Elizabeth Mitchell, and “The Christmas Company” – as well as – “Holiday For Heroes” starring Melissa Claire Egan, Marc Blucas and Patti Murin, “Christmas Camp” starring Bobby Campo and Lily Anne Harrison, “Two Turtle Doves” starring Nikki Deloach and Michael Rady, and an Untitled Blake Shelton Project for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Stay merry!
Can’t wait to see how Tyler Hynes and Kelli Pickler get along. I’m guessing it will be a romantic comedy. Love them both, but never thought they would be paired in a movie! Get ready to laugh, Tyler!
Would love to see more of Chris McNally
Love that they have such a variety of my favourite actresses and actors, the WCTH Movie looks great and the cookie bake off also looks really good! I am from Australia and we don’t have Hallmark, but I buy the movies on Amazon and try to keep up to date as much as I can!!! My family calls me The Christmas Queen in our house as I LOVE the entire season SO MUCH!!!
Can’t wait for them to start. Not a year goes by that I am looking forward to them.💖💖💖