Almost time! The holiday season is fast approaching — and so is Candace Cameron Bure‘s first Christmas movie since she joined the Great American Family network.
The Full HouseThe new project was announced by 46-year-old alum on Tuesday, September 13. A Christmas … Present, will premiere in November as part of Great American Family’s “Great American Christmas” lineup.
“A Christmas … Present is about slowing down enough to recognize what’s right in front of our eyes,” the former Hallmark Channel star said in a statement announcing the movie. “The hustle and bustle of the Christmas season will arrive before we know it but it’s through the quiet moments that we hear God speak to us, directing our path to what’s most important.”
In the upcoming film, the California native is set to play Maggie Larson, an “overly scheduled” real estate agent and mom who decides to spend Christmas with her widowed brother and his daughter. While staying with her sibling, however, the busy and stressed Maggie has to relearn “the reason for the season.”
A Christmas … Present will be part of Great American Family’s holiday franchise, “Great American Christmas,” which returns on Saturday, October 21. The network will show Christmas movies every day through 2022, and will present new holiday movies on Saturdays and Sundays.
Cameron Bure stunned fans earlier this year when she signed a deal at Great American Media after leaving Hallmark, her longtime home, and moved to California. According to an April press statement, the Fuller House veteran is set to develop, produce and star in movies and TV shows across Great American Family and Great American Living, and will take on a “prominent executive role at the company to oversee and curate programming for the networks as a whole.”
The new movie, which will be produced by Cameron Bure’s Candy Rock Entertainment, is the actress’ first project with the network since inking the deal.
“Candy Rock Entertainment’s mission is to bring to life compelling stories that the entire family can enjoy while feeling a sense of togetherness and connection,” the Dancing With the StarsOn Tuesday, the alum added that she was a proud of her first project. “I’m so proud of the first of these projects because they are exactly that.”
Cameron Bure worked for the Hallmark Channel more than ten years before her Great American Media move. Cameron Bure also starred in a series of Christmas movies that the network produced. ViewThe cohost hosted the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries franchise.
Cameron Bure made the switch to Hallmark in April. She joined other Hallmark alumni. Trevor Donovan, Jen Lilley Danica McKellar, who signed on to work for Great American Media. The network was launched last summer. Bill Abbott, the former president and CEO of Hallmark’s parent company, acquired the channel, originally called Great American Country. Abbott, 60 years old, left Hallmark Media on January 2020 after the company’s apology for an ad featuring the same-sex couple.
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