We have very exciting Christmas movie news today from Great American Family... actor Marc Blucas, who many of us loved in Miss Christmas, Operation Christmas, The Irresistible Blueberry Farm, etc... will star alongside Candace Cameron Bure in A Christmas… Present! The two will play husband and wife in this all new Christmas movie for the network. You can see all the details in the press release below.
Press Release via Great American Media:
MARC BLUCAS ADDED TO THE CAST
OF A CHRISTMAS…PRESENT,
ALSO STARRING CANDACE CAMERON BURE,
FILM COMMENCES PRODUCTION
FOR GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY
NEW YORK, NY – September 20, 2022 — Great American Family today announced Marc Blucas (My Life with the Walter Boys, Swagger) has been added to the cast of A Christmas…Present, co-starring with Candace Cameron Bure, and premiering on the network in November 2022. The film is the concept of Bure’s Candy Rock Entertainment and her inaugural project since signing a partnership agreement with Great American Media to develop, produce, and star in original content across the company’s portfolio of brands. The new film will be part of Great American Christmas, the network’s holiday programming franchise which returns on October 21 with a new slate of original holiday movie premieres every Saturday and Sunday and Christmas movies all day and all night through the end of 2022.
In A Christmas…Present, Bure and Blucas play Maggie and Eric Larson, professionals and parents of a busy family who make the decision to travel to Maggie’s widowed brother’s home for Christmas. Everyone in the family has different expectations for the holiday. Through a series of transformative events, Maggie learns to embrace the reason for the season.
Candace Cameron Bure, Jeffery Brooks, Ford Englerth and Gerald Webb are producing the project on behalf of Candy Rock Entertainment. Brad Krevoy, Eric Jarboe, Amanda Phillips, Amy Krell, Lorenzo Nardini, Susie Belzberg Krevoy, and Jimmy Townsend are executive producers. Brent Ryan Green produces. Michael Shepard and Bradley M. Goodman are supervising producers. Marlisa Fruehauf associate produces. Talia Bella is line producer. Lesley Demetriades directs A Christmas…Present. Written by Rick Garman.
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
ABOUT GREAT AMERICAN MEDIA:
Great American Media is home to the family-friendly portfolio of brands Great American Family, Great American Living and Great American Adventures. As the flagship service, Great American Family features family-friendly series, original holiday movies and seasonal rom-coms that celebrate faith, family and country. Great American Living is the unscripted companion to Great American Family that celebrates family-friendly traditions every day and every season. As the company’s first FAST channel, Great American Adventures features scripted and unscripted content highlighting themes including cooking and DIY. The Great American Media portfolio of brands was established in June 2021 by Bill Abbott and a group of US-based family offices.
ABOUT CANDY ROCK ENTERPRISES:
Candy Rock Enterprises is a joint-venture between award winning actress, producer and New York Times Best Selling Author Candace Cameron Bure and the full-service development and execution team behind Redrock Entertainment, Ford Englerth and Jeffery Brooks. Candy Rock’s Entertainment division develops and produces television projects, lifestyle programming and feature length films with an emphasis on family-friendly content.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Pam Slay
Network Program Publicity
818.415.3784
pamslay@gacmedia.com
Mead Rust
469.663.7717
meadrust@gacmedia.com
Candy Rock Entertainment:
Liza Anderson / James Weir
323-655-1008
agpr@andersongrouppr.com
************* End of Press Release *************
My *Quick* Take:
I'm truly delighted to see Marc Blucas doing rom-com style TV movies again. I know many of us have been wondering what happened to him on Hallmark. We last saw a movie like this from him during the 2020 holiday season, with Good Morning, Christmas!. I think Marc Blucas will add a wonderful on-screen presence opposite of Candace in this all new film for Great American Family. I hope this means we will see a lot more of him in the future on this channel!
Please share your thoughts in comments below...
UPDATE:
The original casting call sheet I was sent for this film has been removed online. It has been replaced with this one:
https://okfilmmusic.org/jobs/casting-calls-jobs/first-extras-needed-for-a-christmas-present
The information on there has completely changed, and must've been an error. At this point, we don't really know what happened, but I wanted to be certain you all were aware of this change.
I'm truly delighted to see Marc Blucas doing rom-com style TV movies again. I know many of us have been wondering what happened to him on Hallmark. We last saw a movie like this from him during the 2020 holiday season, with Good Morning, Christmas!. I think Marc Blucas will add a wonderful on-screen presence opposite of Candace in this all new film for Great American Family. I hope this means we will see a lot more of him in the future on this channel!
Please share your thoughts in comments below...
Have a Merry Day! Net
UPDATE:
The original casting call sheet I was sent for this film has been removed online. It has been replaced with this one:
https://okfilmmusic.org/jobs/casting-calls-jobs/first-extras-needed-for-a-christmas-present
The information on there has completely changed, and must've been an error. At this point, we don't really know what happened, but I wanted to be certain you all were aware of this change.
Marc Blucas movies available in DVD:
This is wonderful news. I am so happy for a married couple movie, and one where they are not getting a divorce. A Perfect Christmas is one of my favorites cause it is a newly married couple navigating thru marriage and things that come along and how they get thru it. I ADORE Marc Blucas so this is great news and he and Candace will be great together.
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I think it's a case of wait and see with this one - depends on the content.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't think Marc Blucas could possibly have the same chemistry with anyone else that he had with Alison Sweeney - Florence
Agree! Both movies with him & Allison are two of my all time favorites! Love him and hope he still does movies for Hallmark!
Deletelittle confused about this announcement. They are just now filming this? I thought most of these have been completed by now.
ReplyDeleteI use the QVC shopping channel as my "white noise" machine that I sometimes fall asleep to because there are no commercials that get really loud and wake me up. (The funny thing is I've never actually purchased anything from there.) Anyway.... I think it was maybe last week that Candace was on there selling her clothing line and she mentioned that she was flying out the next day to go film a Christmas movie for this season and she was going to wear one of her own clothing designs in the movie. I remember thinking that it didn't seem to be enough time to film a movie, but what do I know about movie production??
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Jane, I saw Candace on QVC, as well, with her Fall fashion line - and I also heard her say was leaving the next day to film her new Christmas movie. And the host wished her safe travels, etc... Maybe we were watching together!
DeleteAnyway, it is rather surprising so many of the Christmas movies are filmed so late. I recall Cindy Busby said she filmed 'Joy for Christmas' last year in November!
Wonderful casting news!
ReplyDeleteSince the original casting news we were given regarding this film has changed, I decided to remove all comments regarding this matter.
ReplyDeleteI hope you all will understand my decision on this, as I didn't want anyone else visiting here to be misinformed or confused.
I appreciate you all.
So was it a mistake? I feel so much better about this. It didn't make any sense earlier especially involving Candace. So glad you removed the messages. Thanks Net for finding this info.
Delete👍🏻 we appreciate all you do to keep us informed.
DeleteThank you for taking care of us Net! God bless!
DeleteTotally understand and agree with your decision to remove previous comments! Now we wait and hope the new info is correct and I believe it is.
ReplyDeleteYay!! Thank you so much for the update! I was scouring social media to see any info on the cast.
ReplyDeleteAlica and Maria, you were right! And so happy you were!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I was just going with what my instinct was telling me at the time. -Maria
DeleteI am so excited! Marc Blucas has always been my favorite. I love all of his family- friendly movies, but my all time favorite is Season For Love. I have hoped for years that he would do a movie (preferably Fall themed) with Emilie Ullerup but I will take a movie with him and any other leading lady as long as it's clean. :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this movie!
ReplyDeleteMisty