It was an exciting day at Disney’s annual D23 Expo! Along with the official trailer for “Noelle”, the House of Mouse also premiered the trailer for the upcoming live-action version of the beloved 1955 animated feature, “Lady and the Tramp”, about a pampered house dog and a tough but lovable stray who embark on an unexpected adventure and, despite their differences, grow closer and come to understand the value of home.

“Lady and the Tramp” will premiere on the upcoming streaming service Disney+ on November 12th.

Photo Credit: Disney+

I’m so excited about today’s Christmas movie news because, it’s a film I’ve been waiting on news for since 2017! Disney’s holiday comedy “Noelle” starring Anna Kendrick was originally slated for a theatrical release but switched gears to debut on the upcoming online streaming service, Disney+.

Official Synopsis: In “Noelle”, Kendrick stars as Kris Kringle’s daughter who is full of Christmas spirit and holiday fun, but wishes she could do something “important” like her beloved brother Nick (Bill Hader), who will take over from their father this Christmas. When Nick is about to crumble like a gingerbread cookie from all the pressure, Noelle suggests he take a break and get away…but when he doesn’t return, Noelle must find her brother and bring him back in time to save Christmas.

Shirley MacLaine, Michael Gross and Billy Eichner also star.

During Disney’s annual D23 Expo, which was held today in Anaheim, California, the official poster and trailer was released. Check it out below!

Andrew Walker and Jill Wagner | Photo: Crown Media

If you tuned into the Christmas in July event on Hallmark this summer, you may have caught Lacey Chabert giving us a sneak peek at some of the movies coming to the network this holiday season. It was so nice to see what’s ahead, but Hallmark has over 40 movies planned so one sneak peek just isn’t enough — and that’s why Andrew Walker and Jill Wagner are set to host Hallmark Channel’s “Christmas: A Second Look” Preview Special next month!

In the special, Walker and Wagner will give us a first look at more of the new, original holiday movies premiering during Hallmark Channel’s upcoming Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas programming events.

L-R: Kyla Pratt, Katie Leclerc, Ryan Cooper, Jesse Hutch & Tia Mowry-Hardrict. | Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lifetime

I guess it’s Christmas in August because, the full line-up for Lifetime’s holiday programming event, It’s A Wonderful Lifetime, has officially been released!   The network is kicking off Christmas earlier than ever before by giving us all-day holiday programming every day starting on October 25 and running through December 25 -aka- Christmas Day.

Not only can you look forward to continuous festive programming, but Lifetime will also premiere 30 original movies and a brand new holiday special, “Battle of the Christmas Movie Stars”!   Some of your favorite stars are returning for Christmas films, including: Melissa Joan Hart, Kyla Pratt, Hilarie Burton, Tatyana Ali, Tia Mowry-Hardict, Sarah Drew, Megan Hilty, Kelly Rowland, Loretta Devine, Jesse Hutch, Tyler Hilton, Patrick Duffy and Marcus Rosner.

Much like last year, Burton and Hilton will reunite with more of their “One Tree Hill” costars for “A Christmas Wish” while other former OTH-ers, Jana Kramer and Moira Kelly, will star in “Christmas in Louisiana”.   I guess these are the gifts that keep giving for all the OTH fans out there!

Get the scoop on each film and find out when they premiere below and in the featured slideshow!

Photos: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

For the fifth installment in the “A Cinderella Story” movie series, we’re heading into the holiday season for a modern retelling of the classic fairytale with an enchanting festive twist, “A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish”!

Laura Marano (Disney’s “Austin and Ally”, “The Perfect Date”) stars as Kat Decker, an aspiring singer-songwriter with big dreams of a successful career, but her goals are stalled by her stepmother and two stepsisters. While Kat works a seasonal job as a singing elf at a Christmas fair, she finds herself falling for the handsome Dominic ‘Nick’ Wintergarden (Gregg Sulkin, “Marvel’s Runaways”, “Faking It”) — who takes on the job of Santa Claus at the local Christmas tree lot.

(left) Kramer, (right) Daggs. | Photos: Sophie Dogg Records/IMDb

Louisiana’s largest daily newspaper, The Advocate, recently announced that production had begun in New Iberia for an upcoming Lifetime holiday movie, tentatively titled “Christmas on the River”. The festive flick will star former “One Tree Hill” star-turned-Country singer, Jana Kramer and Percy Daggs III from “Veronica Mars”.

Kramer’s character returns home to New Iberia for Christmas and attends the 50th annual Christmas Sugarcane Festival, where a young woman and man are traditionally crowned ‘King’ and ‘Queen’ of the event each year. For the milestone anniversary, all former ‘royalty’ return to celebrate — including Kramer and Daggs’ characters, which launches a holiday love story.

Photo: Universal Pictures

If you’ve been following this holiday blog along for awhile, then you might remember reading about the upcoming holiday rom-com “Last Christmas” — starring Henry Golding (“Crazy Rich Asians”) and Emilia Clarke (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”), and co-starring Michelle Yeoh and Emma Thompson.

Official Synopsis: Kate (Emilia Clarke) harumphs around London, a bundle of bad decisions accompanied by the jangle of bells on her shoes, another irritating consequence from her job as an elf in a year-round Christmas shop. Tom (Henry Golding) seems too good to be true when he walks into her life and starts to see through so many of Kate’s barriers. As London transforms into the most wonderful time of the year, nothing should work for these two. But sometimes, you gotta let the snow fall where it may, you gotta listen to your heart … and you gotta have faith.

(left) Davis, (right) Greenberg. | Photos: Courtesy/ABC

I saw a tweet the other day from Bryan Greenberg (“The Mindy Project”, “One Tree Hill”) about filming in Oahu, Hawaii for a month, and it didn’t take long to find out what project it is that he’s working on… it’s a Christmas movie!

Deadline announced yesterday that both Greenberg and Charles Michael Davis (“Younger”, “For the People”, “The Originals”) will join Lea Michele in the upcoming ABC holiday movie, “Same Time, Next Christmas” — which is currently filming in Hawaii.

Photo: Graphic by Lolly Christmas using 20th Century Fox imagery.

I logged onto Twitter late last night to see a trending topic was the news of a “Home Alone” reboot!

Naturally, I had to read what this was all about.  According to the account @getFANDOM, now that The Walt Disney Company has acquired 20th Century Fox, Disney CEO, Bob Iger, announced reboots and reimaginings for Disney+ (Disney’s upcoming streaming service) including: “Diary of a Whimpy Kid”, “Cheaper by the Dozen”, “Night at the Museum”, and “Home Alone”.

Many Christmas tales get retold just as classic Christmas carols are sung by many different singers, but there’s something about certain films that I just can not imagine being told differently. “Home Alone” always felt like one of those ‘untouchable’, for lack of a better word, holiday films.

I mean, who could play Kevin McCallister quite like Macaulay Culkin?

(left) Sarah Drew; (right) Ryan McPartlin. | Photos: IMDb

It’s only the first day of August, and we already have news on FOUR upcoming Christmas movies! Earlier today I told you about Ryan Paevey, Paul Greene, Autumn Reeser and Jesse Metcalfe‘s latest holiday films, and now I have one more festive flick for you from “Grey’s Anatomy” alum Sarah Drew and Ryan McPartlin (“L.A.’s Finest”).

For the past week, the two actors have been posting photos from the Toronto set of their Christmas movie, “Twinkle All the Way”, which can be seen later this year on the Lifetime network as one of the 28 original premieres coming to their annual It’s A Wonderful Lifetime holiday programming.