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Three new movies announced for Great American Christmas 2024 on Great American Family

The line-up of new, original movies for Great American Family’s Great American Christmas 2024 is growing.

Great American Family has announced three more World Premiere Original Movies for its Great America Christmas 2024. Among the talent acting in the movies are some of the network’s top stars and some new talent. The lineup includes Mario Lopez, Courtney Lopez, Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega, Julia Reilly, and more. Read on to find out more about the three new holiday movies to look forward to in the holidays of 2024.

A Royal Christmas Ballet

Brittany Underwood and Jonathan Stoddard in A Royal Christmas Ballet [Image @britt_underwood and @jonstoddardofficial on Instagram]Starring: Brittany Underwood and Jonathan Stoddard Ash Tsai and Eric Guilmette star in A Shelter and Season’s Greetings (wt), part of Great American Christmas 2024.

Starring: Eric Guilmette (The Black Box) and Ash Tsai (Journey to Christmas...

Gleb Savchenko is the choreographer for the waltzes in Danica McKellar’s new movie A Royal Christmas Ball [Image @danicamckellar/Instagram]

Exciting holiday news is here about a new Great American Family movie titled A Royal Christmas Ball (working title). The movie is set to star Danica McKellar and Oliver Rice and will premiere during the Great American Christmas 2024 programming event. Read on to find out more about the movie and its cast.

Danica McKellar & Oliver Rice in A Royal Christmas Ball Danica McKellar [Image @danicamckellar/Instagram]

According to the press release, Great American Family has announced a new, original holiday movie, A Royal Christmas Ball (working title).

The movie is set to star fan-favorite Danica McKellar and Oliver Rice and will air as part of the network’s Great American Christmas 2024 programming event.

Fans have previously seen Danica in A Royal Date for Christmas and Swing into Romance, while Rice is known for his...

Exclusive: Danica McKellar and Oliver Rice have booked their next flick for Great American Family. The duo will star in A Royal Christmas Ball, with waltzes choreographed by Dancing With the Stars pro Gleb Savchenko.

Production begins this week on the movie that will premiere this November as part of Great American Christmas 2024.

In A Royal Christmas Ball, Chelsea Jones (McKellar) is a dance instructor and studio owner in Chicago who inspires kids to find themselves through dance. Just before Christmas, Chelsea discovers a photo she’s never seen before. Chelsea thinks the young woman is her birth mother who passed away when she was only five years old. The woman is in a wedding dress tugging on the hand of a man wearing a wedding ring, but that is all that can be seen of the...

This month’s installment of Deep Cuts Rising features a variety of horror movies, with most selections reflecting a specific day or event in December.

Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.

This month’s offerings feature vengeful Christmas ghosts, home intruders, and more.

The Dumb Waiter (1979)

Image: Geraldine James as Sally in the1979 short film The Dumb Waiter.

Directed by Robert Bierman.

December 28 is National Short Film Day, and no genre thrives in this format as much as horror. And while story often has to be sacrificed or compromised when something is as brief as The Dumb Waiter, Robert Bierman compensates with an unwavering sense of dread. The Vampire’s Kiss director adeptly condenses the plot and action of a standard ’70s long-feature into this tense and well-shot 18-minute clip.

The story...

On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the 2007 family adventure film Luna: Spirit of the Whale, and you can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

Directed by Don McBrearty from a screenplay by Marguerite Pigott and Elizabeth Stewart, Luna: Spirit of the Whale has the following synopsis: Mike Maquinna returns to his home town of Gold River on Vancouver Island to attend the funeral of his father, Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations Chief Ambrose Maquinna. With a troubled past including alcoholism, Mike does not intend on staying to claim his rightful place as Chief, but intends on returning to...

From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for October 2018, including "Designated Survivor", "October Faction", "Sunny Jim" and a whole lot more:

Baroness Von Sketch Show Season 4

TV Series

Bvss 4 Productions Ontario Inc.

Prod.: Graham Ludlow

Dir.: Jordan Canning, Aleysa Young

Sep 24 - Dec 13/18

Christmas At Grand Valley

TV Movie

Hideaway Pictures Inc.

Prod.: David Anselmo

Dir.: Don McCutcheon

Oct 9 - Oct 27/8

Christmas In Vermont

TV Movie

Chesler Perlmutter Productions

Prod.: Marek Posival

Dir.: Robin Dunne

Oct 4 - Oct 23/18

Designated Survivor

Season 3

TV Series

eOne / Netflix

Prod.: Chris Hatcher

Dir.: various

Oct 15/18 - Feb 12/19

Endlings

TV Series

Sinking Ship Entertainment Inc.

LP.: Eric Beldowski

Dir: Various

Aug 22 - Nov 23/18

Green Harvest Season 2

TV Series

CBS Studios Inc.

Prod.: Thom Pretak

Dir.: Various

Apr 16 - Nov 8/18

Homekilling Queen

TV Movie

Nb Thrilling Films 8 Inc. (Ottawa)

Prod.: Neil Bregman,...

From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for August 2018 including "Jett", "Largo", "Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark" and a whole lot more:

Buffaloed

Feature

Tnp Buffaloed Productions Inc

Prod.: Mary Anne Waterhouse

Dir.: Tanya Wexler

Jul 24 - Aug 24/18

Cicada 3301

Feature

VantaBlack Pictures

Prod.: Alan Ritchson, D.J. Viola

Dir.: Alan Ritchson

Jul 3 - Aug 3/18

Dare Me

TV Pilot

NBC/Universal Cable Productions

Prod.: Dan Kaplow

Dir.: Steph Green

Aug 13 - Aug 30/18

Frankie Drake Mysteries Season 2

TV Series

Shaftesbury

Prod.: Teresa Ho

Dir.: Ruba Nadda

May 9 - Aug 28/18

Fly By Christmas

TV Movie

Hideaway Pictures Inc.

Prod.: David Anselmo

Dir.: Don McBrearty

Aug 7 – 25/18

Green Harvest Season 2

TV Series

CBS Studios Inc.

Prod.: Thom Pretak

Dir: Various

Apr 16 - Nov 8/18

Greenfields Season 1

(aka Bajillionaires)

TV Series

Epitome Pictures Inc.

Prod.: Floyd Kane, Jim Corston, Angela Boudreault

Dir.

From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for June 2018 including "V Wars", "The Boys, "Largo" and a whole lot more:

V Wars

TV Series

Idw (Netflix)

Prod.: Tom Vencelides

Dir.: Brad Turner

Jun 11 – tba

Dino Dana The Movie

Feature

Sinking Ship Entertainment

Line Prod.: Eric Beldowski

May 22 - Jun 27/18

Frankie Drake Mysteries Season 2

TV Series

Shaftesbury

Prod.: Teresa Ho

Dir.: Ruba Nadda

May 9 - Aug 28/18

Green Harvest Season 2

TV Series

CBS Studios Inc.

Prod.: Thom Pretak

Dir: Various

Apr 16 - Nov 8/18

Holly Hobbie - Season 1

TV Series

Aircraft Pictures

Prod.: Andrew Rosen, Anthony Leo

Dir.: Stefan Brogren,

May 7 - Jun 11/18

Jellybean

Mini Series

New Metric Media / Sphere Media

Producer: Paula J. Smith

Dir.: Jeff Renfore, Molly McGlynn

Apr 23 - Jun 22/18

Killer High

Feature

Prod.: Mary Anne Waterhouse

Dir.: Jem Garrard

May 22 - Jun 9/18

Killjoys Seasons 4 - 5

TV Series

Temple Street

Prod.