Freeform has released is ready to deck the halls with original films and specials for their annual 25 Days of Christmas.
Tyra Banks is returning as a living doll for Life-Size 2, while comedies No Sleep ‘Til Christmas and The Truth About Christmas will provide festive entertainment for the season.
Shadowhunters star Isaiah Mustafa will bring a little bit of holiday spice as Freeform Santa with on-air spots and his very own social media handle (@FreeformSanta) from now until December 25.
Read full details and watch trailers of the forthcoming slate of films and specials for 25 Days of Christmas:
In Life-Size 2, Tyra Banks stars alongside Francia Raisa who plays Grace Manning, a 20-something CEO of Marathon Toys, a huge toy company started by her mother that is most famous for manufacturing the iconic Eve doll. Grace is also in the middle of her quarter-life crisis, realizing she is in over her head as CEO.
Tyra Banks is returning as a living doll for Life-Size 2, while comedies No Sleep ‘Til Christmas and The Truth About Christmas will provide festive entertainment for the season.
Shadowhunters star Isaiah Mustafa will bring a little bit of holiday spice as Freeform Santa with on-air spots and his very own social media handle (@FreeformSanta) from now until December 25.
Read full details and watch trailers of the forthcoming slate of films and specials for 25 Days of Christmas:
In Life-Size 2, Tyra Banks stars alongside Francia Raisa who plays Grace Manning, a 20-something CEO of Marathon Toys, a huge toy company started by her mother that is most famous for manufacturing the iconic Eve doll. Grace is also in the middle of her quarter-life crisis, realizing she is in over her head as CEO.
- 11/7/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Grown-ish‘s Francia Raisa is set to co-star opposite Tyra Banks in Life Size 2, Freeform’s holiday movie sequel.
Raisa will play Grace Manning, the confident and funny CEO of Marathon Toys, a huge toy company started by her mother that is most famous for manufacturing the iconic Eve doll. Grace is also a hot mess in the middle of her quarter-life crisis and realizing that she is in over her head as CEO. To make matters worse, her wild-child ways are causing the company’s stock to plummet. Joining Raisa and Banks are Gavin Stenhouse as Grace’s potential love interest Calum; Shanica Knowles as Tahlia and Hank Chen as Brendan, who are Grace’s best friends; along with Alison Fernandez as Lex, Grace’s young next-door neighbor.
Banks starred in the original film, which premiered 18 years ago as part of ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney, as Eve,...
Raisa will play Grace Manning, the confident and funny CEO of Marathon Toys, a huge toy company started by her mother that is most famous for manufacturing the iconic Eve doll. Grace is also a hot mess in the middle of her quarter-life crisis and realizing that she is in over her head as CEO. To make matters worse, her wild-child ways are causing the company’s stock to plummet. Joining Raisa and Banks are Gavin Stenhouse as Grace’s potential love interest Calum; Shanica Knowles as Tahlia and Hank Chen as Brendan, who are Grace’s best friends; along with Alison Fernandez as Lex, Grace’s young next-door neighbor.
Banks starred in the original film, which premiered 18 years ago as part of ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney, as Eve,...
- 7/9/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Freeform has begun production on holiday movie No Sleep ‘Till Christmas, with real-life husband and wife Dave and Odette Annable set to star. The pic is slated to air as part of Freeform’s annual holiday programming, “25 Days of Christmas.”
The romantic comedy written by Phil Traill and Steve Smith centers on two insomniac strangers plagued by exhaustion. Lizzie is a high-end event planner preparing for her own life’s biggest event — her wedding. She lies awake nightly while her devoted fiancé Josh rests peacefully, unaware of how to solve her issue. When a sleep-deprived incident causes her to run into Billy, a low-key bartender who is just as sleepless and frustrated as she is, they discover that they can only fall asleep while next to each other. What seems like an odd coincidence, and frankly a disruption to their lives, might be more meaningful than they’d like to admit.
The romantic comedy written by Phil Traill and Steve Smith centers on two insomniac strangers plagued by exhaustion. Lizzie is a high-end event planner preparing for her own life’s biggest event — her wedding. She lies awake nightly while her devoted fiancé Josh rests peacefully, unaware of how to solve her issue. When a sleep-deprived incident causes her to run into Billy, a low-key bartender who is just as sleepless and frustrated as she is, they discover that they can only fall asleep while next to each other. What seems like an odd coincidence, and frankly a disruption to their lives, might be more meaningful than they’d like to admit.
- 6/27/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Cuba Gooding Jr. is set to star in Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie Firelight for ABC. The Oscar winner will play Dwayne Johnson, nicknamed DJ, a counselor at a youth correctional facility where "the incarcerated girls and young women come from trouble, often violent, backgrounds." Co-starring in the telepic are DeWanda Wise, Yakina Horn and Q'Orianka Kilcher. Firelight, directed by Darnell Martin (Cadillac Records) and written by Ligiah Villalobos, will premiere Sunday, April 22 at 9-11 p.m. on ABC. Brent Shields, Alicia Keys and Mary Martin serve as executive producers, with David A. Rosemont as
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- 1/28/2012
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hallmark Hall of Fame has started production on its next presentation for CBS, "A Dog Named Christmas."
Bruce Greenwood ("Star Trek"), Noel Fisher ("The Riches") and Linda Emond ("Julie & Julia") are set to star in the holiday movie based on Greg Kincaid's novel.
"Christmas" centers on Todd (Fisher), a developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need. He sets out to convince his parents (Greenwood, Emond) and their rural community to participate in a local shelter's Adopt a Dog for Christmas program, which entails caring for a dog during Christmas week, with the option of keeping the dog for good.
Todd eventually brings home a yellow Labrador he names "Christmas" and bonds with immediately.
Peter Werner ("Front of the Class") is directing "Christmas" from a script by Jenny Wingfield ("The Man in the Moon"). Brent Shields ("The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler") is executive producing the telefilm,...
Bruce Greenwood ("Star Trek"), Noel Fisher ("The Riches") and Linda Emond ("Julie & Julia") are set to star in the holiday movie based on Greg Kincaid's novel.
"Christmas" centers on Todd (Fisher), a developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need. He sets out to convince his parents (Greenwood, Emond) and their rural community to participate in a local shelter's Adopt a Dog for Christmas program, which entails caring for a dog during Christmas week, with the option of keeping the dog for good.
Todd eventually brings home a yellow Labrador he names "Christmas" and bonds with immediately.
Peter Werner ("Front of the Class") is directing "Christmas" from a script by Jenny Wingfield ("The Man in the Moon"). Brent Shields ("The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler") is executive producing the telefilm,...
- 7/21/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anna Paquin has been tapped to star in "The Irena Sendler Story," a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation for CBS.
Paquin will play Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving the lives of thousands of Jewish children during World War II. Sendler, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, died in May at age 98.
The telefilm goes into production next month in Riga, Latvia, for an April premiere. John Kent Harrison is directing from his own script, based on the book "Mother of the Children of the Holocaust: The Irena Sendler Story," by Anna Mieszkowska. Brent Shields and Jeff Most are executive producing.
Paquin co-stars on HBO's vampire drama "True Blood," which recently was picked up for a second season. She is repped by Wma and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Paquin will play Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving the lives of thousands of Jewish children during World War II. Sendler, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, died in May at age 98.
The telefilm goes into production next month in Riga, Latvia, for an April premiere. John Kent Harrison is directing from his own script, based on the book "Mother of the Children of the Holocaust: The Irena Sendler Story," by Anna Mieszkowska. Brent Shields and Jeff Most are executive producing.
Paquin co-stars on HBO's vampire drama "True Blood," which recently was picked up for a second season. She is repped by Wma and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
- 10/15/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lauren Ambrose and Adam Kaufman lead the cast of "Unorthodox," a new Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation for CBS.
Susie Essman, Ricki Lake and Mercedes Ruehl co-star in the film, now in production in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Based on P'nenah Goldstein's play "Loving Leah," "Unorthodox" centers on Jake (Kaufman), a 30-year-old Washington D.C. doctor whose estranged older brother, a rabbi in a close-knit Hasidic community in Brooklyn, N.Y., dies. Jake is asked to marry his late brother's 26-year-old widow, Leah (Ambrose), honoring the ancient levirate marriage law.
To keep their mothers (Ruehl, Essman) at bay, Jake and Leah decide to enter a pretend marriage, living separate lives out of Jake's D.C. apartment. That proves challenging, especially after they start to fall for each other.
Lake plays a Washington rabbi who befriends Leah. Also cast in the film is Christy Pusz as Jake's girlfriend.
Susie Essman, Ricki Lake and Mercedes Ruehl co-star in the film, now in production in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Based on P'nenah Goldstein's play "Loving Leah," "Unorthodox" centers on Jake (Kaufman), a 30-year-old Washington D.C. doctor whose estranged older brother, a rabbi in a close-knit Hasidic community in Brooklyn, N.Y., dies. Jake is asked to marry his late brother's 26-year-old widow, Leah (Ambrose), honoring the ancient levirate marriage law.
To keep their mothers (Ruehl, Essman) at bay, Jake and Leah decide to enter a pretend marriage, living separate lives out of Jake's D.C. apartment. That proves challenging, especially after they start to fall for each other.
Lake plays a Washington rabbi who befriends Leah. Also cast in the film is Christy Pusz as Jake's girlfriend.
- 9/24/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Patricia Heaton, Treat Williams and Jimmy Wolk have been tapped to star in "Front of the Class," a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation for CBS.
The drama is based on the true story of Brad Cohen (Wolk), who was challenged with Tourette syndrome from a young age but defied all odds to become a gifted teacher. He was ridiculed in school because of his condition, until the school principal used the school assembly to educate the faculty and students about Tourette syndrome.
Heaton and Williams play Brad's parents.
Peter Werner is directing the telefilm, which has begun production in Shreveport, La. The script was written by Tom Rickman based on the book by Cohen with Lisa Wysocky.
Brent Shields and Tim Shriver are the exec producers; Andrew Gottlieb is the producer.
Emmy winner Heaton, who also has appeared in the CBS telefilms "A Town Without Christmas" and "Miracle in the Woods,...
The drama is based on the true story of Brad Cohen (Wolk), who was challenged with Tourette syndrome from a young age but defied all odds to become a gifted teacher. He was ridiculed in school because of his condition, until the school principal used the school assembly to educate the faculty and students about Tourette syndrome.
Heaton and Williams play Brad's parents.
Peter Werner is directing the telefilm, which has begun production in Shreveport, La. The script was written by Tom Rickman based on the book by Cohen with Lisa Wysocky.
Brent Shields and Tim Shriver are the exec producers; Andrew Gottlieb is the producer.
Emmy winner Heaton, who also has appeared in the CBS telefilms "A Town Without Christmas" and "Miracle in the Woods,...
- 9/9/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva and Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Jennifer Ehle, Tim DeKay and Henry Czerny have been cast opposite Amber Tamblyn in The Russell Girl, a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie for CBS that is entering production in Toronto.
The movie centers on Sarah Russell (Tamblyn), a 23-year-old aspiring medical school student who makes a rare visit to her small hometown to share some important news with her family but instead finds herself attempting to confront her past.
Mastrantonio and DeKay will play her parents, while Ehle and Czerny will play a couple who live across the street from her family.
Rounding out the cast are Daniel Clark as Russell's brother, Paul Wesley as an ex-boyfriend and Ben Lewis and Max Morrow as the sons of the couple across the street.
Russell Girl is executive produced by Brent Shields and co-executive produced by Stefanie Epstein. Jeff Bleckner is directing from an original script by Jill Blotevogel. The movie's airdate has yet to be determined.
The movie centers on Sarah Russell (Tamblyn), a 23-year-old aspiring medical school student who makes a rare visit to her small hometown to share some important news with her family but instead finds herself attempting to confront her past.
Mastrantonio and DeKay will play her parents, while Ehle and Czerny will play a couple who live across the street from her family.
Rounding out the cast are Daniel Clark as Russell's brother, Paul Wesley as an ex-boyfriend and Ben Lewis and Max Morrow as the sons of the couple across the street.
Russell Girl is executive produced by Brent Shields and co-executive produced by Stefanie Epstein. Jeff Bleckner is directing from an original script by Jill Blotevogel. The movie's airdate has yet to be determined.
- 9/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CBS has greenlighted Pictures of Hollis Woods, a Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm to star Academy Award winner Sissy Spacek, nominee Alfre Woodard and James Tupper.
Based on Patricia Reilly Giff's book, Woods centers on 12-year-old Hollis Woods (Jodelle Ferland) who, after being abandoned as a baby, has bounced around the foster-care system until she meets a quirky retired art teacher Josie (Spacek) who understands her and gives her unconditional love. However, Josie's difficulty remembering things gets progressively worse, and Hollis becomes the caregiver.
Woodard will play the girl's more than patient social worker. Tupper will play a husband and father of Hollis' previous foster family who wanted to adopt her until tragedy struck.
Emmy winner Ann Peacock (A Lesson Before Dying) adapted the book to the small screen. Tony Bill (Flyboys) is directing the film, which is in production in Victoria, B.C.
Brent Shields (The Valley of Light) is executive producing. Dan Paulson (Full Court Miracle) is producing.
Based on Patricia Reilly Giff's book, Woods centers on 12-year-old Hollis Woods (Jodelle Ferland) who, after being abandoned as a baby, has bounced around the foster-care system until she meets a quirky retired art teacher Josie (Spacek) who understands her and gives her unconditional love. However, Josie's difficulty remembering things gets progressively worse, and Hollis becomes the caregiver.
Woodard will play the girl's more than patient social worker. Tupper will play a husband and father of Hollis' previous foster family who wanted to adopt her until tragedy struck.
Emmy winner Ann Peacock (A Lesson Before Dying) adapted the book to the small screen. Tony Bill (Flyboys) is directing the film, which is in production in Victoria, B.C.
Brent Shields (The Valley of Light) is executive producing. Dan Paulson (Full Court Miracle) is producing.
- 7/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Faye Dunaway, Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Jack Palance and Peter Riegert lead the cast of Back When We Were Grownups, a Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie for CBS based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Tyler. Ron Underwood has been tapped to direct the telefilm, which also will feature Ione Skye, Betsy Brandt, Stacy Edwards and Blake Lindsley. Susanna Styron and Bridget Terry (Lifetime's Crossing the Line) adapted Tyler's book for the small screen, with Richard Welsh and Brent Shields executive producing.
- 10/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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