Since most of you are celebrating Thanksgiving holidays this weekend, here is something festive you can watch with your family this Sunday: November 28th CW will premiere their TV movie THE WALTONS'
The Waltons' Homecoming will air on CW this Sunday
HOMECOMING exactly fifty years after the launch of the classic original. Richard Thomas who played the lead role in the original movie now narrates the story.
THE WALTONS' HOMECOMING
is set in the 1933 Depression Era, told through
the eyes of 17 year old John Boy (played by Logan Shroyer), the eldest
child of John (Ben Lawson) and
Logan Shroyer takes the lead role in the new movie
Olivia (Bellamy Young). Olivia expects
him to help raise his siblings, while John wants him to follow in his
footsteps to support the family. John Boy,
The film arrives fifty years after the original classic movie
however, wants to be a
writer. As hard as times are in 1933, they may not even get to celebrate
Christmas as a family, with John Sr.’s presence uncertain: His
Ben Lawson plays the head of the family Walton
plans to
make it home are threatened by a snow storm. Olivia sends John Boy out
into the night to find his missing father (what a lovely, selfless mommy isn't she?), taking him on a journey that
will change his life forever.
A CLUSTERFUNKE CHRISTMAS
WITH CHEYENNE JACKSON!
ClusterFunke arrives this December
Premiering on Comedy Central December 4th is festive comedy movie A CLUSTERFUNKE CHRISTMAS which has two of our favourite hunks in the cast: Ryan McPartlin and Cheyenne Jackson! Meanwhile, Vella Lovell is real estate executive Holly who heads to a small town to buy the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn to make it a mega resort! While meeting the owners, Holly finds herself distracted by their handsome nephew Frank (Cheyenne Jackson) and she thinks whether she should complete the assignment and go back to her city life, or fall in love with him and find the spirit of Christmas. Rachel Dratch, who wrote ths cript, also stars in the movie.
It seems that there will be more festive films this year than usual, but for some reason most of them will arrive as soon as November which is the case with A CASTLE FOR CHRISTMAS as well, arriving to Netflix November
Cary Elwes plays the cranky owner of a castle
26th! Famed author, Sophie Brown (Brooke Shields), travels to Scotland hoping to buy a small castle of her own, but the prickly owner, Duke Myles
Brooke Shields leads A Castle for Christmas movie
(Cary Elwes), is reluctant to sell to a foreigner. Working to find a compromise, the pair constantly butt heads, but they just may find something more than they were expecting.
SINGLE ALL THE WAY
Arriving to Netflix December 2nd is gay romantic comedy SINGLE ALL THE WAY. Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter (Michael Urie) convinces his best friend Nick
Michael Urie leads Single all the Way Netflix movie
(Philemon Chambers) to join him for the holidays and pretend that they’re now in a relationship. But when Peter’s mother (Kathy Najimy) sets him up on a blind date with her handsome trainer James (Luke Macfarlane)— the plan goes awry.
THE WALTONS: HOMECOMING
CW will, meanwhile, air their TV movie remake THE WALTONS: HOMECOMING November 28th! Marking the 50th anniversary of the original Christmas classic, it will star Bellamy Young (Olivia), Christian Finlayson (Jason), Marcelle LeBlanc (Mary Ellen), Logan Shroyer (John
The first family photo of the Waltons in the new remake
Boy), Ben Lawson (John Sr.), Tatum Sue Matthews (Erin), Callaway Corrick (Elizabeth), Samuel Goergon (Jim Bob)! The story again follows the Walton family awaiting John’s belated arrival home for holidays during a snowstorm.
THE CLAUS FAMILY
Launching the season of Christmas movies at Netflix on November 1st is THE CLAUS FAMILY: When his grandfather suddenly falls ill,
Dutch film Claus Family already aired in Holland last year
holiday-hating Jules learns of his family’s magical legacy and realizes he’s the only hope to save Christmas. Jan Decleir, Mo Bakker and Stefaan Degand star.
LOVE HARD ROMCOM
November 5th is bringing LOVE HARD to Netflix: Hopeless romantic but eternally single LA journalist Natalie (Nina Dobrev) thinks things are beginning to look up when she swipes right on a dreamy guy from
Nina Dobrev leads Love Hard festive romantic comedy
the East Coast, Tag (Darren Barnet). Taking a leap of faith she jumps on a flight to surprise her crush for the holidays, only to discover that she’s been
Love Hard will arrive November 5th to Netflix
catfished by Tag’s childhood friend who is equally unlucky in love, Josh (Jimmy O. Yang). This lighthearted romantic comedy chronicles her attempt to reel in love.
The film has a rather stellar cast indeed
FATHER CHRIST MAS IS BACK
I've announced this one, if you remember back in January and now it will finally air on Netflix November 7th. Elizabeth Hurley, John Cleese and Kelsey Grammer star in the film about four feuding sisters who get a crash course in family togetherness when their long lost father shows up for Christmas at their posh ancestral manor.
A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS
A Boy Called Christmas will play in cinemas too
Will probably be the biggest festive film this year arriving to Netflix November 24th with Henry Lawfull, Jim Broadbent and Maggie Smith,Toby Jones, Sally Hawkins, Kristen Wiig, Michiel Huisman, Stephen Merchant (voice), Joel Fry! An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical, comic and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible. Adapted from the book by Matt Haig.
PUPS ALONE COMEDY
Pups Alone will bring laughter to Christmas
In cinemas November 19th and on VOD November 23rd is PUPS ALONE with Jerry O'Connell, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Rob Schneider, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Danny Trejo and Malcolm McDowell! While everyone is away on a company ski trip, a jealous inventor hires two thieves to break into his co-worker's house and steal his top secret new creation. But they are no match for a mischievous pack of neighborhood pups, who set up tricks and traps to protect the home and save Christmas.
I am guessing that the TV film CW is preparing will air during holidays marking the 50th anniversary of the original classic: Ben Lawson
Ben Lawson will be the father of the family
will play the patriarch of the family John Walton! THE WALTONS: HOME COMING is set in the 1933 Depression Era and told through the eyes of John Boy (Logan Shroyer), the 17 year old eldest child of John and Olivia Walton (Bellamy Young). His mother expects John Boy to help her raise his sisters and brothers, and his father expects him to follow in his footsteps to help support the family, but secretly, John Boy wants to be a writer. Times are hard enough in 1933, but to make matters worse, it looked to be the Waltons’ first Christmas without John Sr. When Olivia receives a letter that John Sr. is planning to make it home for Christmas after all, the family is thrilled and races to prepare for his homecoming. But when a storm threatens his arrival on Christmas Eve, and John Sr. is nowhere to be found, Olivia sends John Boy out into the night
Logan Shroyer will lead the new movie at CW as John Boy
to find his daddy – a journey that will change John Boy’s life forever. Richard Thomas, who originally played John Boy Walton in The Waltons series, will be “The Narrator.”
WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS?
AGATHA CHRISTIE ADAPTATION SETS MAIN CAST AT BRITBOX
Speaking of the 30s, Britbox has set cast for their three part adaptation of Agatha Christie's murder mystery WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS? Directed by Hugh Laurie, it will see Will Poulter playing
Alistair Petrie will play Bobby's father
Vicar’s son, Bobby Jones, who, together with his whip smart friend, socialite Lady Frances “Frankie” Derwent (Lucy Boynton) goes on a crime solving adventure after they discover the crumpled body of a dying man who, with his last breath, gasps the cryptic question of the title. Armed only with a photograph of a beautiful young woman found in the dead man’s pocket, these amateur detectives pursue, and are pursued by, the answer to the mystery. The cast also includes Maeve Dermody as Moira, the troubled wife of psychiatrist Dr. James Nicholson (Hugh Laurie) and Conleth Hill as Bobby’s genial mentor, Dr. Alwyn Thomas, who is at Bobby’s side when he discovers the body. Daniel Ings will star as Roger Bassington, the beguiling early target of the crime solving duo and Jonathan Jules as Ralph “Knocker” Beadon, a trusted shipmate of Bobby’s who finds himself conscripted into the
Will Poulter and Lucy Boulton will lead the cast
duo’s caper.
Miles Jupp is Roger’s brother Henry, a wealthy Englishman with a secret burden; Amy Nuttall is Sylvia, his wife and castaway chatelaine of the family seat, Merroway Court; Alistair Petrie is Bobby’s father, Rev.
Hugh Laurie will also star in the series he is directing
Richard Jones, constantly fretting over the path his son has chosen.
Paul Whitehouse is the landlord of a country inn; Morwenna Banks is Mrs. Cayman, the deceased man’s sister; and Joshua James is Frankie’s long-suffering ally, Dr. George Arbuthnot.
