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Showing posts with label book to movie. Show all posts

Saturday, December 2, 2017

Karen Kingsbury’s Maggie's Christmas Miracle - a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original Christmas Movie starring Jill Wagner & Luke Macfarlane!


MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Karen Kingsbury’s Maggie's Christmas Miracle

Network: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Original Air Date: December 10, 2017

*Based on the book Maggie's Miracle by author Karen Kingsbury.







CAST:

Jill Wagner ... Maggie
Luke Macfarlane ... Casey
Lauren Guci ... Jordan
Laura Soltis ... Terri
Lane Edwards ... Tanner
Francoise Yip ... Lauren










PLOT:

Storyline via Hallmark: Shortly after Maggie experiences her first love, her father leaves her mother at Christmas as a child. After her ex-husband leaves her family at Christmas twenty years later, Maggie forms a protective shield over her heart and her son, Jordan. Jordan, however, sees that Maggie is lonely, and writes letters to God praying for her happiness.

Jordan’s prayers are answered when Maggie meets his tutor, widower Casey, and forms an instant connection that is stronger than the one she has with Tanner, the fellow divorce attorney she had been dating. When Maggie and Casey begin to fall in love, though, Maggie pulls back. After discovering a coincidental childhood connection with Casey, and reading Jordan’s letters to God, though, Maggie must decide if Christmas is the right time to open her heart to love.

*Based on the book Maggie's Miracle by author Karen Kingsbury.








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*images via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

The Christmas Cottage - a Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie starring Merritt Patterson & Steve Lund!


MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: The Christmas Cottage

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: December 9, 2017

*Based on the novel The Christmas Cottage by Samantha Chase!










CAST:

Merritt Patterson ... Lacey
Steve Lund ... Ean
Brittney Wilson ... Ava
Victor Zinck ... Roger
Carey Feehan ... Mason
P Lynn Johnson ... Aunt Sarah
Laurie Paton ... Ava’s Mother





PLOT:

Storyline via Hallmark: When Lacey takes a rare break from work for her friend Ava’s Christmas Eve wedding, she reconnects with her former flame, Ean. The two decorate the cottage where the newlyweds will spend their honeymoon – a cottage said to bring true love to anyone who stays there – and feel their chemistry return. Lacey, however, is dating her equally workaholic business partner, Roger, who arrives just before the wedding. With Roger in town Lacey sees the sharp contrast between Ean’s family values and Roger’s sole focus on work, and must decide if the professional goals she shares with Roger or the connection and history she shares with Ean are more important in a lasting relationship.

*Based on the novel The Christmas Cottage by Samantha Chase!





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*images via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks
Credit: Copyright 2017 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Ricardo Hubbs

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Hallmark Publishing launches with Candace Cameron Bure's Christmas Movie!


Now You can READ Hallmark Movies, too!
There's even more to the story...

HALLMARK PUBLISHING,

A DIVISION OF CROWN MEDIA
FAMILY NETWORKS,

ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATES
FOR FIRST FOUR E-BOOKS
FOR HOLIDAY 2017


Press Release via Hallmark:

STUDIO CITY, CA – October 17, 2017 – Hallmark Publishing, a division of Crown Media Family Networks, announces the release of the division’s first four eBooks for Holiday 2017.

From author Leigh Duncan, Journey Back to Christmas, a novelization of Hallmark Channel’s highest-rated movie last year, releases today.

Christmas in Homestead, written by Kara Tate, releases October 24. The novel is an expansion of Hallmark Channel’s highly-rated 2016 holiday movie.


Love You Like Christmas, from author Keri F. Sweet, releases October 30.


From author Rhonda Merwarth, A Heavenly Christmas, a novelization of the Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie, releases November 7.

Hallmark Publishing is currently accepting author submissions for original manuscripts in the categories of wholesome romance and cozy mysteries with a focus on stories that celebrate relationships and life-affirming moments. A novel published by Hallmark Publishing may receive a greenlight to become a new original movie or series for Crown Media Family Networks’ three linear television services: Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries or Hallmark Drama, or original screenplays may be novelized to create expanded content for consumers who want more of the story.

“Novelizations of the most beloved Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries original movies allows us to expand the story and lean into every viewer’s yearning question, ‘What happened after the kiss?’,” said Stacey Donovan, Editor, Hallmark Publishing.

“We are also tremendously excited about the sheer volume of original works coming in from authors that will have dual potential to be bestselling eBooks, and also become original content for any one of Crown Media Family Networks’ three linear services, or the new streaming service, Hallmark Movies Now. The opportunities are endless,” Donovan concluded.

*Press Release via: Pam Slay, Senior Vice President, Network Program Publicity & Social Content.


ABOUT CROWN MEDIA FAMILY NETWORKS

Crown Media Family Networks is the umbrella unit subsidiary of Hallmark Cards, Inc., housing cable’s leading family friendly networks, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and Hallmark Drama. Hallmark Channel features an ambitious slate of new, original content, including movies, scripted series, annual specials, and a daily, two-hour lifestyle show. Hallmark Channel is also home to the popular annual holiday franchise “Countdown to Christmas,” featuring a lineup of 24/7 holiday programming. Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is a 24-hour cable network featuring a unique mix of new, original movies and acquired series focused on the lighter side of the suspense and mystery genres. The network also features its own annual holiday programming franchise, “Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas”. Hallmark Drama showcases the rich legacy of the Hallmark Hall of Fame library and with zero duplication, spotlights movies and series from Crown Media’s collection of original dramatic content. Crown Media Family Networks is also home to Hallmark Movies Now, the company’s SVOD service, which offers wholly distinct content from each network and is available on iOS, Android, Roku and Amazon Fire, among other devices. Crown Media Family Networks’ digital publishing extension, Hallmark Publishing, is an eBook division that creates novelizations of previously aired original movie favorites. It also accepts author submissions for original, on-brand manuscripts that can be greenlit as a new movie or series for one of the company’s three linear networks.



My *Quick* Take:

For all of us who love cozying up to Hallmark Movies... I just know we are going to love the addition of these books which gives a unique insight even deeper to the characters we first fell in love with - in these Hallmark Original Movies!

If you enjoyed Candace Cameron Bure's role as Hanna in "Journey Back to Christmas," be sure to check out the new e-book which expands on Hanna's love story that brings her mysteriously to the future!

This is just the beginning of a whole line of books based upon the Hallmark premiere movies we enjoy on a Saturday or Sunday night!

Choosing amongst the four movies launching with this new Hallmark service... Journey Back to Christmas, Christmas in Homestead, Love You Like Christmas, and A Heavenly Christmas... which of these stories would you be most interested in reading this Holiday season, perhaps by the warm fireplace on a cold winter's day?

I'm intrigued by them all, but "Love You Like Christmas" with Brennan Elliott and Bonnie Somerville - really tug at my heartstrings last year, and I would love to know more about Maddie and Kevin's story in Christmas Valley!

Please share your thoughts in comments below! Blessings on your day, Net

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Engaging Father Christmas - a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original Christmas Movie starring Erin Krakow, Niall Matter, and Wendie Malick!


MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: Engaging Father Christmas

Network: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Original Air Date: November 12, 2017

*This movie is a sequel to Finding Father Christmas!

*Based on the book series by Robin Jones Gunn.









CAST:

Erin Krakow ... Miranda Chester
Niall Matter ... Ian McAndrick
Wendie Malick ... Margaret Whitcomb
Michael Kopsa ... Andrew McAndrick
P. Lynn Johnson ... Katherine McAndrick
Aliyah O'Brien ... Ellie Whitcomb
Nevis Unipan ... Julia Whitcomb
Callum Seagram Airlie ... Mark Whitcomb
Jim Thorburn ... Peter Whitcomb
Bethany Brown ... Annie Jacobs
Andrew Francis ... Josh
Crystal Balint ... Natalie Garrett
Ben Wilkinson ... Steve Decker













PLOT:

Storyline via Hallmark: It’s Christmas and Miranda (Krakow) leaves Seattle with a suitcase full of presents to join her long- lost family in Carlton Heath, where she will experience the joyful traditions she missed as a child. Last Christmas, Miranda fell in love with Ian (Matter), a local man who helped her as she searched for her father, James Whitcomb, a famous theatre actor she believed had a connection to the town. At his widow Margaret’s (Malick) request, Miranda agrees to keep it a secret to protect the family from scandal. This Christmas, she fears the warm welcome she received from the Whitcomb family will soon turn cold when Miranda receives an anonymous text from someone who threatens to expose her identity.











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*images via: Hallmark Crown Media Family Networks