#hallmark made for tv movies if they slayed

[seasononesam]

No, Dog, don't bother the angry lady.

[gacmediadaily]

Great American Family made an official announcement today regarding their Christmas in July movie event! The network also gave a premiere date for "A Belgian Chocolate Christmas," their new Christmas in July movie premiere!

See the full press release below...

Press Release via Great American Media:

A CHRISTMAS SO NICE,

WE CELEBRATE IT TWICE

‘GREAT AMERICAN CHRISTMAS IN JULY’

RETURNS JUNE 30

WITH AROUND-THE-CLOCK HOLIDAY FILMS

AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF

A BELGIAN CHOCOLATE CHRISTMAS NEW YORK, NY – June 1, 2023 – The whimsical season of enjoying hot cocoa and Christmas cookies on blazing 100-degree days is upon us, as ‘Great American Christmas in July’ returns to Great American Family on June 30. Along with 24/7 holiday films, ‘Great American Christmas in July’ features the World Premiere of A Belgian Chocolate Christmas, starring Jaclyn Hales and Zane Stephens, Saturday, July 8 at 8 pm ET.

In A Belgian Chocolate Christmas, a photographer takes her best friend’s place at a Belgian culinary school at the holidays and connects with the chocolatier leading the class. As romance begins to bloom, the only problem is a case of mistaken identity.

Great American Family recently announced the network’s sustained ratings growth streak after closing out April 2023 as TV’s fastest-growing network for six consecutive months.

Photo: Jaclyn Hales, Zane Stephens (© Great American Family)

ABOUT GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY

Great American Family is America’s premiere destination for quality family-friendly programming, including original holiday movies, rom-coms and fan-favorite series that celebrate faith, family and country. Great American Family is home to year-round seasonal celebrations including Great American Christmas, the network’s signature franchise featuring holiday themed movies and specials. Founded in 2021, Great American Family is part of the Great American Media portfolio of brands. Follow Great American Family on Twitter: @GAfamilyTV Facebook: @GAfamilytv Instagram: @gactv

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Pam Slay Network Program Publicity 818.415.3784 pamslay@gacmedia.com

Mead Rust 469.663.7717 meadrust@gacmedia.com

My Quick Take:

So... that's certainly exciting news that we will be able to see the premiere of "A Belgian Chocolate Christmas" on July 8th! That leaves plenty of time for encore airings throughout the month. 

And I'm delighted we now have this confirmation that movies will air 24/7!!! *Christmas in July* is certainly going to be a fun event this year on Great American Family!

[dammit-neal]

@yelenabelous tagged me via proxy (Anyone who wants in, right? ;)) so here we go!

911 Verse this or that - tag 10.

Buck or TK. No hate for Ronen, but Oliver is by FAR the stronger actor which means his scenes are richer and allow me to connect way more with Buck.

Eddie or Carlos. My darling single dad!! And his beautiful son, need I say more...? Love you though, Carlos, and you deserve more screen time!

Bobby or Owen. Bobby brings his team up. Owen tends to drag his team (and the show) down.

Chimney or Judd. The dad jokes. THE DAD JOKES. Also the way he dealt with the f’ing dramatic Buckley secret still slays me. Shout-out to Judd though, he’s so f’ing solid, love you!

Hen or Marjan. Marjan’s energy is the just pure, unadultered awesome. She totally ignores the haters and just is her best self! I’m in love with her vibe. Love you too, Hen, you’re inspirational, but Marjan edges you out here!

Maddie or Grace. Again this is such a close one, but in the end it’s gotta be Maddie. Buck Begins did very little for Buck, but it made me appreciate Maddie in a whole new light. Shoutout to Grace though, you also need more screen time.

Athena or Tommy. ATHENAAAA!!! YOU SMELL LIKE LOOOVE! On a serious note, she just amazes me. And Angella Bassett plays her to perfection! *chef’s kiss* Also, beautiful surrogate mom to the 118, I love when she hangs out with them.

Albert or Mateo. God help this sweet human, he makes me laugh, but I also adore him for the sweetness he brings when he’s around. In any dynamic he’s that little bro who still thinks Santa exists and screw anyone who wants to say differently!

Michael or Paul. They need to give this man even more opportunities to play comedy (and without the weird “spying on the neighbors but it isn’t creepy?” notes) because he SLAYED ME!

118 or 126. My original babies, I fell in love with them in season 1, fell in love with them all over again when Eddie joined them in season 2. The 126 is slowly coming into its own, but for me, it’s 118 ALL THE WAY

California or Texas. This is still something that irks me about LS, but their take on Texas is so f’ing wierd, like you can tell this was written or at least heavily influenced by a bunch of LA writers who have never actually been to Texas and got their idea of what it’s like from Hallmark Christmas movies and The Lone Ranger. Jesus...

Buddie or Tarlos, I feel the chemistry of buddie so much more keenly than Tarlos. It kills me to say this, because he’s the sweetest guy ever and I’m so glad he got this opportunity, but... I largely blame Ronen for this. Raf is a brilliant actor and Ronen just... his acting is not good and it kills a lot of Tarlos moments for me. That and I much prefer slow-burn romances over insta-love, which is essentially what we got with Tarlos. There was never a will they/won’t they, no building that burning desire to see them finally get together with the audience. They jumped into bed at the begining of season 1 and jumped into COMMITTED at the begining of season 2. Eh.

Tsunami episode(s) or Tornado episode. This whole arc was brilliant, with the members of the 118, Athena and Maddie really getting a chance to get out there and take care of as many people as they could, pulling out all the tsops in ingenuity and care. Sometimes with 911 you start to appreciate the scale and set pieces over the moments themselves, but that was SO NOT the case here, despite the fact thta this is probably the biggest set they’ve ever done. Also there’s nobody in this world I trust with my son more than you. NEED I SAY MORE?!?!!?

911 or 911 Lone Star. It’s still the OG for me by quite the mile. Having said that I hope they do more spin-offs in other locations (AND PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF CRAP SPEAK TO THE F’ING LOCALS INSTEAD OF JUST ASSUMING WHAT A PLACE IS LIKE TO FIT YOUR NARRATIVE, THE CRINGE!) Like, if we ended up with a... I hesitate to call it a 9-1-1 TV-verse, but essentially that? Yeah Id be happy with that. And the crossovers would be EPIC!

I don’t know who’s already been tagge here, and don’t want to double-tag anyone, so I’m going to extend my 10 invites to ten people who eally want to do this challenge but haven’t been tagged yet. Go for it, my loves! ^3^

[sunnikos]

Christmas Eve Headcanons 2

A/N: I decided to make some more headcanons but with the big 3 because all of them do be finnneeee! Hope you enjoy!

Prev | Next

Mirio

Brought to you breakfast in bed

Gives you affection all day

Watches a couple holiday movies with you

Bakes cookies and makes a gingerbread house with you

Christmas puns x100

Brought Eri over to visit and let her open her presents early

Hes weak for those puppy eyes

You got a call from Deku saying Merry Christmas

Nejire pops in with Tamaki to see you guys

She had decided at that moment that she and Tamaki would spend the night at your guys place and be with you on Christmas

You put on The Nightmare Before Christmas  for them because they hadn't seen it yet and that was absolutely unacceptable

Nejire def asked to eat the gingerbread house

What a rebel lol

Yall ended up drinking some wine and doing a little karaoke

Spoiler alert, Nejire dared Mirio to sing All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carrey

I want to say he slayed it but we both know my boy sounds like if a walrus did crack cocaine

You and Nejire are living for it though

As Allmight would say, “Yes my boy!”

Tamaki steals the show by slyly taking the mic and singing a ballad

Wowzas all around

Nejire sings with her heart

She's not bad but she is belting the lyrics 

Mirio disappears to the bathroom for a suspicious amount of time

Suddenly “Santa” walks out

You all play along

You all sit on his lap and tell him what you want

Nejire goes first, “get me a pony please!”

All jokes aside she really wants that pony dksjdcienf

Your next, “I want bread”

He looks at you confused, “what kind of bread?”

“Baked bread.”

You then promptly hop off and shove Tamaki onto your boyfriends lap

He says, “All I want is for you to change back into normal clothes”

“Aww you're no fun Tama!!” Nejire pipes in

Mirio pouts and reluctantly changes back into normal clothes

The rest of the night is spent playing a christmas pack for cards against humanity

Nejire

Drinks the fuck out of hot cocoa

Got Mirio and Tamaki to help decorate

Also Deku ended up showing up to help too??? 

Nejire wasn't surprised though

Went shopping?????

Not for presents she just wanted to go shopping with you

She ended up bumping into Uraraka and waved

She bought so many christmas headbands

Like christmas is tomorrow and they're done for until next year

Where yo mind at girlie

She really got her head in the clouds sometimes

But you love her XD

For some reason she visited a pet store in the mall

And was just enamored with a gecko

Like she had big eye, and she watched it like it was I cute kitten walking around

She tried really hard to convince you to let her buy it

But you told her she need to research and prepare to get things for the gecko

That calmed her down some

Took you to a big christmas party

Mirio and Tamaki were also there

But you didn't see all that much of them

There was green and red disco lights

And a north pole themed bar

Whoever was hosting put a lot of time, money and effort into it

The playlist was full of holiday remix songs

There were mistletoe cookies, Santa cookies, and a christmas tree looking thing that had other sweets displayed on it

All the rooms had an activity going on

Like one room was for christmas themed games like truth or dare, never have I ever

One was a whole dnd one shot session

You totally joined in on that

One room had a bunch on consoles and christmas special games

Talk about going all out

And what a party it was

Needless to say you woke up very late on christmas

Tamaki

He isn't as into the holidays as Mirio and Nejire

You managed to convince him to dress up as an elf though

I meant come on look at those cute little elf ears he has

He's so awkward and nervous

You can't help but giggle at him

You went out and bought christmas themed sugar cookies with icing for him

He took small tentative bites of it 

So cute

Then you got out minecraft and set up a christmas pack for you two to explore and play in

Tamaki noted that the horses had become reindeer

You both went out exploring and eventually decided to build a cute gingerbread themed house together

Next you built a cool christmas tree while Tamaki made cute decorations for the world

He made gigantic cookies on the ground 

And a medium scale christmas hat that lead to an underground cave

Which he also decorated

You also built medium scale present under the large christmas tree you built

It was really pretty

You two decided you'd been on long enough and logged off

Only to start playing Mario Kart

Really, neither of you know how it got to this

Suddenly trash talk and banter was going back and forth with you two

The Mirio and Nejire barged into your home

Carrying presents and food

You had forgotten that you invited them

Nonetheless the food and presents very very welcome

They joined you in play Mario kart and even went onto minecraft to see the world you two created

They asked to add a few things and you let them while you munched on the food they brought with Tamaki

Suddenly it was 3 in the morning and Mirio decided then was the time to make hot cocoa

So you all drank hot cocoa and you put on a hallmark movie to sip it to

After the movie you all fell asleep in the living room

You in Tamaki's arms

Nejire at the base of your christmas tree

And Mirio sprawled out on the floor in front of the tv

All of you woke up with cramps in your necks

Prev | Next

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

Kellie Pickler, Wes Brown to reunite in this summer's 'Wedding at Graceland' on Hallmark

Silver bells will give way to wedding bells when the Hallmark Channel in just a few months airs "Wedding at Graceland," the inevitable sequel to the cable television network's recent ratings smash, "Christmas at Graceland," Hallmark officials confirmed Monday.

To be filmed in Memphis in April on a production schedule even more whirlwind than the featured couple's courtship, "Wedding at Graceland" will reunite stars Kellie Pickler and Wes Brown as Laurel and Clay, the former Memphis sweethearts who rekindled their romance during "Christmas at Graceland."

Expect the nuptials to take place in the Graceland Wedding Chapel in the Woods, which opened during Elvis Week last year on the grounds of the Elvis Presley mansion.

The honeymoon will continue (at least for fans of Hallmark romance and for Memphis film crew workers in need of a job) when Pickler returns in a third Elvis-inspired Hallmark movie set for December. That film does not yet have a title, according to Pam Slay, Hallmark's senior vice president for network program publicity.

The third movie will be shot later in the year, and not back-to-back with the "Wedding" film, Slay said. Shooting on the second film likely will occur in July, on more or less the same schedule as "Christmas at Graceland" in 2018.

“Wedding at Graceland" will be the centerpiece of what Slay calls the Hallmark Channel's "'June Weddings' franchise." This "franchise" is an attempt to build a slate of original summer movies to match the appeal of the network's "Countdown to Christmas," an eight-week ratings juggernaut of romantic wish-fulfillment that now makes Hallmark the top network in December.

Shot in July in Memphis (with fake snow on the ground and actors in winter coats sweltering in the 90-plus-degree heat), "Christmas at Graceland" was the No. 1 Hallmark movie of the past year and the fourth highest-rated film in the channel's history.

"Hallmark came with an idea, and obviously it has blossomed into an extremely successful pairing and spectacular ratings," said Elvis Presley Enterprisese CEO Jack Soden, a Graceland fixture since Elvis' mansion was opened to the public in 1982. "You take Hallmark's large and dedicated audience and you take the Elvis fan world, and you have a match made in heaven."

To coordinate the two new movies, Hallmark will retain production offices in Memphis from March through July and possibly into the early fall. Some shooting for the productions could take place on sets erected inside the 20,000-square-foot Graceland Soundstage, the relatively new performance venue that — as its name indicates — was designed in hopes that one day it could serve double duty as a film location.

Re-purposing space on the Graceland campus for film and television production fits into the ambitious plans of Graceland overseer Joel Weinshanker, managing partner for Graceland Holdings LLC, the company that is the majority owner of Elvis Presley Enterprises. "The master plan is for two or three or even four buildings that would be suitable for production," Soden said.

Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/02/12/christmas-graceland-sequel-wedding-kellie-pickler/2845216002/

[womenofcolor15]

Tank & Wife Zena Let Fans Inside Their Crazy, Quarantine Life For Their New Reality Series + Yara Shahidi, Ta-Nehisi Coates Land MAJOR Deals

Singer Tank and his family are starring in their brand-new reality series where they give fans an inside look at their crazy, quarantine life. See what the Babbs are are up to, plus get deets on Yara Shahidi’s new development deal with ABC inside….

Just days ago, R&B singer Tank and his wife Zena Foster-Babbs celebrated their two year wedding anniversary.

“2 years in the books!.. You made it..lol. Being married to you is everything i prayed it would be,” Tank captioned on Instagram. “I’ve known you for 20 years and i’m still learning more about you everyday. I’m still learning how to be more for you everyday and i’m loving the process. You truly make me happy and i’ve cleared my books to do this with you forever... Happy Anniversary my beautiful, sexy, bossy Queen!.. What i wouldn’t give for a corona free trip back to Paris with you right now.. I love you with all that i am..”

        View this post on Instagram

                  2 years in the books!.. You made it..lol. Being married to you is everything i prayed it would be. I’ve known you for 20 years and i’m still learning more about you everyday. I’m still learning how to be more for you everyday and i’m loving the process. You truly make me happy and i’ve cleared my books to do this with you forever... Happy Anniversary my beautiful, sexy, bossy Queen!.. What i wouldn’t give for a corona free trip back to Paris with you right now.. I love you with all that i am..

A post shared by Tank (@therealtank) on Jul 22, 2020 at 1:45pm PDT

  With a couple of years of marriage under their belts and two kids, Tank and Zena are lettings fans into their lives amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Tank (real name Durrell Babbs), his wife Zena Foster-Babbs, and their children - daughter Zoey Babbs (age 12) and son Zion Babbs (age 5) - are knocking down the velvet rope with the premiere of “Babbs to the Bone” airing weekly on YouTube.

The Babbs are opening their doors to all the fun and magic that happens daily. The show will highlight how they navigate the R&B singer’s sex symbol status, Black love, marriage, parenting, entrepreneurship, along with unexpected family shenanigans. Several of The Babbs’ celebrity friends also will make surprises appearances.

“I’m excited to show something different. Positive images of love and family. I feel like negative shock value has consumed the mainstream and these uplifting moments are needed," Tank shares. "We’re not perfect but we’re happy. That’s the way forever should be.”

Zena adds, "We’ve always been asked to do reality television, but were afraid how others would try to edit our lives. So we decided to take our own creative control." She continues "Plus if I’m going to be working I want to do it with the ones I love to create amazing memories. This way we always have something we can look back on and be proud of."

In the first episode, Tank and Zena talk about what they love about one another. The kids do as well. If you didn’t know, Tank is obsessed with comedy and is currently working on pursuing making a splash in the comedy world. Fans also learn how Tank and Zena first met, their initial thoughts about each other and more. Check it out below:

In the second episode, the Babbs play a game of “Whatchu Know ‘Bout Me?” Check it:

The new reality series airs every Tuesday with 12 episodes.

In other news...

Yara Shahidi has been killing it in front of the camera as she stars in two successful ABC sitcoms, "black-ish" and her own spin-off "Grown-ish." Now, she's gearing up to slay behind-the-scenes.

According to Deadline, Yara has inked a development deal with ABC to "develop and produce scripted and alternative television projects for cable" via her newly launched 7th Sun production company, which she runs with her mother, Keri Shahidi.

The 23-year-old actress/activist plans to focus on stories from underrepresented communities and "projects that touch upon themes of history, heritage, culture, and joy." And who better to serve up historical facts and events in an entertaining way other than Yara. The YBF starlet is uber talented and smart, so we predict some interesting and entertaining projects that will also have an educational component to them.

“I’m thrilled to be partnering with my home family, ABC Studios, in this exciting next chapter, alongside my family,” said Yara. “It’s exciting to add our production company to the roster of my peers and mentors who are also actively committed to sharing meaningful stories.”

Deadline reports:

The Shahidis have brought on veteran executive Lajoie St. George to lead development for 7th Sun. St. George brings over 10 years of experience from NBC International, and an equivalent passion to champion accurate and reflective media. “We can’t wait to extend and expand our relationship with the incredibly talented Yara Shahidi, who has been a member of the family since black-ish,” said ABC Studios President Jonnie Davis. “When she’s not studying at Harvard and starring in our series ‘grown-ish,’ she’s mentoring and inspiring other young people, which makes us all feel like underachievers but also very proud that she’s part of our Studio.”

Sweet!

The "black-ish" stars are definitely flourishing. Outside of landing roles in movies and other shows, Marsai Martin signed a production deal with Universal last year, becoming the youngest to ever do so. #BlackGirlMagic

  EXTRAS:

1. Hallmark Channel has found its next leader. Former TV One CEO Wonya Lucas will take over for Bill Abbott, who was pushed out in January, to serve as president and CEO of Crown Media Family Networks. STORY

2. HBO is adapting "Between the World and Me," Ta-Nehisi Coates' book and stage show about racism and white supremacy. https://variety.com/2019/film/news/black-ish-marsai-martin-universal-dea... ">STORY

Photo: StrongArmMedia/Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock.com

[Read More ...] source http://theybf.com/2020/07/28/tank-wife-zena-lets-fans-inside-their-crazy-quarantine-life-for-their-new-reality-series-

[whatsfilming]

Distorted (aka Distortion) (Feature)

Another high profile feature has chosen the Okanagan as it’s filming location. Earlier this year, Anthem and Tiny House of Terror filmed in the area, and last year it saw productions such as Power Rangers, The Humanity Bureau and Drink Slay Love. The latest film to call the Okanagan home is Distorted, which stars Christina Ricci (Sleepy Hollow), John Cusack (Being John Malkovich) and BC’s own Brendan Fletcher (The Revenant).

The story, which was written by Arne Olsen, follows a 32 year old woman (Ricci) who suffers from both bipolar disorder and the loss of her child. After being plagued by her own memories and fears for her safety, she and her husband (Fletcher) decide to move into a high tech, high security apartment. After noticing some things out of the ordinary, she begins to suspect that there’s more to the building than meets the eye. She enlists the help of an investigative journalist (Cusack) who specializes in cyber conspiracy to uncover what’s really going on around them. What they find may have a much more widespread impact than they imagined.

Production kicked off yesterday in Kelowna near the Rotary Centre for the Arts and will film on Lakeshore Road on Tuesday – thank you @cookiekrumbas for the heads up about the article from Global with these details! Distorted will to continue filming in Kelowna, Vernon and area until June 26th and is expected to be released in 2018.

Source: Variety / Global

The Wedding March 3: A Valentine Wedding (Hallmark TV Movie)

The sequel to last year’s popular Hallmark movie The Wedding March just wrapped up filming in British Columbia a couple of weeks ago and already production of a 3rd follow-up is underway. The original, which premiered during last year’s June Weddings event drew a total of 2.3 million viewers, so it was no surprise that Hallmark announced the sequel during the winter TCA Press Tour.

RELATED: The Wedding March 2 Starts Filming in BC

The movies feature former Melrose Place stars Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett as Mick and Olivia respectively. The pair were once college sweethearts who eventually reconnect when Mick finds himself booked to sing at Olivia’s wedding.

The Wedding March 3: A Valentine Wedding will continue filming in British Columbia until June 16th. No release date or official storyline have been made available yet, but we’ll update this article as soon as we know more.

In the meantime, here’s the preview for The Wedding March 2, which premieres Saturday, June 17th at 9pm during this year’s June Weddings movie series:

Summer in the Vineyard (Hallmark TV Movie)

Another Hallmark movie sequel starts production this week. Summer in the Vineyard is the follow-up to last year’s Autumn in the Vineyard starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Brendan J. Penny and Marcus Rosner. During it’s premiere, the movie drew a total of 2.2 million total viewers, making it the top rated non-sports cable program of the day.

RELATED: Autumn in the Vineyard & Pumpkin Pie Wars from Hallmark’s Fall Harvest 2016

During production, Autumn in the Vineyard spent part of its time at Singletree Winery in Abbotsford and around the lower mainland. The rest of its time was spent filming at River Stone Estate Winery in Oliver. The sequel will be returning to film in both Abbotsford and the Okanagan again.

There hasn’t been any casting announcements or an official story line revealed yet, but we’ll update this article as more information is available.

Summer in the Vineyard will continue filming in British Columbia until June 18th and is expected to premiere during Hallmark’s Summer Nights movie series this summer.

In the meantime, here’s the trailer from Autumn in the Vineyard in case you haven’t seen it yet:

Also Starting This Week

Better Things – Season 2 (FX TV Series, 1 Episode) Cast: Pamela Adlon, Olivia Edward, Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Celia Imrie Filming June 1st until June 7th

For a full list of what’s filming in Vancouver and British Columbia right now, check out our In Production page.

Wrapping Up This Week

I Am Elizabeth Smart (TV Movie) with Elizabeth Smart, Skeet Ulrich, Deirdre Lovejoy, Alana Boden and Kiefer O’Reilly wraps up May 29th

Van Helsing – Season 2 (TV Series) with Kelly Overton, Alison Wandzura, Jonathan Scarfe and Missy Peregrym wraps up May 31st

The Predator (aka Ollie) (Feature) with Boyd Holbrook, Olivia Munn, Keegan-Michael Key, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Sterling K. Brown, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Strahovski, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, Edward James Olmos and Thomas Jane wraps up June 2nd

If you see any of these productions, including the Distorted, The Wedding March 3 or Summer in the Vineyard filming in British Columbia, be sure to let us know by tweeting us (@WhatsFilming) or via our Submit a Location page.

The post Distorted, The Wedding March 3 & Summer in the Vineyard Start Filming in BC appeared first on What's Filming?.