What Is The GAC Family, and Which Hallmark Stars Are Moving? Everything You Should Know
Lori Loughlin’s Contribution
Loughlin, who acted in Hallmark’s When Calls the Heart and Garage Sale Mysteries films appeared in a number of holiday films for the network. Following her arrest and role in the college admissions scandal in 2019, Crown Media severed connections with the Fuller House alum. GAC Family announced in September 2021 that she will return to television, appearing in season 2 of When Hope Calls, When Calls the Heart’s spinoff. Daniel Lissing, the male star in the series, will also appear.
The ’12 Movies of Christmas’ lineup has been announced by the GAC Family.
Dippers for Two
Cameron Mathison, Debbie Matenopoulos, Nick Bateman, Rukiya Bernard, Cindy Busby, Sara Canning, Dillon Casey, Torrance Coombs, Trevor Donovan, Brendan Fehr, Jennie Garth, Maggie Lawson, Jen Lilley, Sarah Lind, Daniel Lissing, Jessica Lowndes, Matthew MacCaull, Chad Michael Murray, Sam Page, Merritt Patterson, Christopher Russell, Becca Tobin, Jill Wagner, and Dewshane Williams.
Trevor Donovan
In October 2021, the actor, who has appeared in 12 Hallmark films, struck an overall contract with GAC Media to star in executive produce. In December, he appeared in GAC Family’s Jingle Bell Christmas.
Danica McKellar
GAC signed a four-picture deal with the former Hallmark actress in October 2021, in which she would star in and executive produce original pictures for GAC Family and GAC Living. Her debut production, The Winter Palace, will be broadcast on GAC Family in January 2022. McKellar was most recently seen in Hallmark’s You, Me, and the Christmas Trees, which premiered as part of the network’s “Countdown to Christmas” program.
Jen Lilley’s New Job
Lilley inked a multi-picture agreement with GAC Media in January 2022, which will contain four original movies over the next two years. In the same month, she acted alongside Christopher Russell in her most recent Hallmark picture, Where Your Heart Belongs.
Jessica Lowndes is putting her own spin on things.
After appearing alongside Jesse Metcalfe in Harmony From The Heart, Lowndes gained success with GAC in February 2022. She also served as an executive producer on the film and wrote the original screenplay. Lowndes signed a four-picture agreement with GAC Family later that month to write, direct, and executive produce original features.
Shocking Switch by Candace Cameron Bure
In April 2022, the Full House alum, who has been dubbed the “Queen of Christmas” and has become a Hallmark Channel regular, shocked fans by announcing a move to GAC. According to the press release, Cameron Bure will develop, produce, and star in films and television for GAC Family and GAC Living, as well as take on a “prominent executive role at the firm to oversee and curate programming for the networks as a whole.”
Candy Rock Entertainment, based in California, will create “original material for GAC’s channels” as well as “year-round seasonal celebration programming for the networks and play a vital role in the company’s annual Great American Christmas franchise.”
Cameron Bure’s pact, according to TVLine, is limited to rom-coms and holiday flicks, which means she may continue with her Hallmark Movies and Mysteries franchise, Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, which launched in February 2022.
