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Social media star-turned-actor Andrew Bachelor has joined Shamier Anderson in the upcoming Paramount+ and GameTV satirical mini-series Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story.

Bachelor, also known as King Bach, will play U.S. sprinter Carl Lewis, a fierce rival to Canadian Ben Johnson (Anderson) who in 1988 cheated his way to a gold medal in the 100 meter final at the Seoul Olympics.

Bachelor starred in Netflix comedy Coffee and Kareem, alongside Taraji P. Henson, Ed Helms and Betty Gilpin, the Netflix horror The Babysitter: Killer Queen with Jenna Ortega, and the romantic comedy Holidate with Emma Roberts and Kristin Chenoweth.

Bachelor will bring his real-life sprinting background while attending Florida State University, and that of his athlete father in Jamaica, to the role. “Carl Lewis was a hero of mine — not just because of his dominance, but because he excelled in multiple events, just like I did. The rivalry between...

Photo: Christopher Russell, Ashley Newbrough Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Vortex Media

Readers may remember that Operation Nutcracker previously aired on Hallmark Movies Now as part of the network’s Christmas in July. Meanwhile, Hallmark Movies Now has since upgraded and is now Hallmark+.

Moreover, anyone who didn’t see the movie in July can now enjoy a premiere of Operation Nutcracker on Hallmark Channel as part of the Countdown to Christmas 2024 programming event.

Operation Nutcracker heading to Hallmark Channel Photo: Cassie Cao, Jennifer Dale, Ashley Newbrough, Christopher Russell Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Vortex Media

According to the official synopsis, Operation Nutcracker sees event planner extraordinaire Lottie Morgan (Ashley Newbrough) given the opportunity of a lifetime amidst her hectic schedule. She gets to plan a high-profile Christmas charity auction for the country’s most philanthropic family, the Warbys.

Meanwhile, the black sheep of the family, Tristan Warby (Christopher Russell...

Photo: Christopher Russell, Ashley Newbrough Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Vortex Media

Hallmark Movies Now has announced a new, original movie, Operation Nutcracker, which is set to premiere as part of Hallmark Channel’s Christmas In July Movie Stunt.

The movie is led by Ashley Newbrough and Christopher Russell. Read on to find out more about the movie, including its plot and cast, and see beautiful images taken on the film set.

Operation Nutcracker on Hallmark Movies Now Photo: Ashley Newbrough Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Vortex Media

According to the official synopsis, Operation Nutcracker sees event planner extraordinaire Lottie Morgan (Ashley Newbrough) given the opportunity of a lifetime amidst her hectic schedule. She gets to plan a high-profile Christmas charity auction for the country’s most philanthropic family, the Warbys.

Meanwhile, the black sheep of the family, Tristan Warby (Christopher Russell) is entrusted with bringing home the prized auction item,...

Gravitas Ventures has acquired US rights to Mother Of All Shows, a dark musical comedy from Canadian multi-hyphenate Melissa D’Agostino.

Gravitas, which made the deal at the Cannes market with sales representative Cut Entertainment Group, will release the film on TVoD on July 16. The company and the filmmakers are also planning a limited US/Canada theatrical release on that date.

D’Agostino directed the film, wrote the script with David James Brock and co-stars as Liza, a woman trying to cope with the impending death of her estranged mother Rosa, played by Wendie Malick. In her mind, Liza retreats into...

HighballTV has released a first-look photo for its musical feature film Mother of All Shows, starring Emmy-nominated actress Wendie Malick (Young Sheldon, Hot in Cleveland, Bojack Horseman).

The film is directed by and also stars Melissa D’Agostino (Tactical Girls), as well as cast members Ann Pornel (Baroness Von Sketch Show), Darryl Hinds (Overlord and the Underwoods), Juan Chioran (Sneakerella) and Phil Luzi (Bad Blood), Tara Consoli (Kim’s Convenience), Michael Miranda (Murdoch Mysteries) and Trevor Martin (Six Guns for Hire).

Written by D’Agostino and David James Brock, Mother of All Shows follows Liza (D’Agostino) as a woman coping with the impending death of her estranged mother. In her mind, she retreats to a 70’s variety show where the all-powerful host is Liza’s own mother, Rosa (Malick), who leads an all-singing, all-dancing cast of players from Liza’s past and present. Scene by scene, song by song, Liza works...

Exclusive: Carlo Mendez will take over Alvaro Orlando’s role in the indie The Legend of Jack and Diane, following Orlando’s departure due to a scheduling conflict.

He joins a cast led by Tom Sizemore, which also includes Robert Lasardo, David Timlinson and newcomer Lydia Zelmac, with production currently underway in and around the Los Angeles area.

The film directed by Bruce Bellochi is a revenge thriller, which takes its name from John Mellencamp’s classic song “Jack & Diane.” It centers, of course, on Jack (Tomlinson) and Diane (Zelmac), who decide to leave Indiana for a new life in Los Angeles. When the pair discover secrets about the death of Diane’s mother, their worst fears are confirmed, and they are forced to run. On the way to Los Angeles to confront evil, they create a hit list to exact revenge on everyone involved.

Mendez will play Detective Stanley Montana,...

Exclusive: Deadline has your first look at Six Days to Die, the second film in a sci-fi western trilogy series by Matt Campagna, which he wrote, directed, shot and edited.

The film brought to life through virtual environments, comprised of elaborate 360-degree digital matte paintings, centers on a desperate gambler wrongfully accused of murder who flees through a post-apocalyptic frontier, with a vengeful Marshal doggedly hunting him down, on a bloody quest to bring order to the chaos.

The Umbrella Academy’s Colm Feore stars alongside Darryl Hinds, Melissa D’Agostino, Ari Millen and Kyra Harper. Breann Smordin and Elizabeth Frase produced the pic, which is eyeing a festival premiere next year, and is being sold worldwide by Forward Motion Entertainment. The third film in the trilogy series, Six Guns For Hire, is currently in post-production.

Check out the first still from Campagna’s latest, along with several character portraits, below.

Canada-based actor Colm Feore, whose credits include Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” “My Salinger Year,” “The Amazing Spiderman 2” and multiple Oscar winner “Chicago,” is to star in post-apocalyptic Western “Six Guns for Hire,” which has just started principal photography in Toronto, Canada. The film also stars Maurice Dean Wint, Oyin Oladejo, and Patrick Kwok-Choon.

“Six Guns for Hire,” the third in a trilogy, is written and directed by Matt Campagna. It follows a vicious group of strangers who gather to divvy up the spoils of a train robbery, while an ace detective pursues hot on their trail. As the bandits realize they may not be strangers after all, the detective unearths a deadly conspiracy at the heart of their crime.

The three stories in the trilogy series, all developed and directed by Campagna, exist within the same post-apocalyptic world, without being traditional sequels or prequels to each other.

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Sure, you've seen the film a million times. You've seen the sequels and the remakes, but don't make the mistake of thinking you've seen everything from Night of the Living Dead. From October 8-27 in Toronto you can see George A. Romero's classic tale brought to life live on stage.

Tickets are available online via nightofthelivingdeadlive.com.

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From the Press Release

In celebration of the 45th anniversary of the premiere of George A. Romero’s cult hit Night of the Living Dead, Christopher Harrison and Phil Pattison of Nictophobia Film are bringing the stage production of Night of the Living Dead Live back from October 8-27 at Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Avenue in Toronto. Night of the Living Dead...

For our Canadian readers...

Christopher Harrison and Phil Pattison, Co-Creators of the stage production of Night Of The Living Dead Live, are pleased to announce that Second City Alumni Darryl Hinds and Canadian Comedy Award-winners Mike “Nug” Nahrgang (Evil Dead: The Musical) and Dale Boyer, will team up with Trevor Martin (Evil Dead, the Musical, Just For Laughs All Star Gala with John Cleese), Gwynne Phillips (half of the award-winning sketch comedy duo, “The Templeton Philharmonic”) and Andrew Fleming (The Russian Play, “Omega”) at Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Avenue in Toronto. Night Of The Living Dead Live is directed by Christopher Bond (Evil Dead, The Musical, A Little Bit Zombie) who was also the director, co-creator and co-composer of Evil Dead, The Musical.

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