International TV Co-Editor
Preview – A Dickens Feast Day! – Hallmark Channel
EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Newbrough (Operation Nutcracker, Love For Christmas) and Chad Rook (Joe Pickett, Virgin River) are set to star in the holiday film A Dickens of a Christmas, premiering at Cannes at MIPCOM.
The film has been completed and is being produced by Castle Mountain Entertainment, Messina Captor Films Inc. and Enchanté Productions in association with Polyscope Productions in Alberta, Canada.
It follows Zara (Newbrough), a busy lawyer who’s burdened by painful Christmas memories and has no time for romance. Her best friend Chloe (Kaya Coleman) convinces her to attend a Victorian Dickensian Christmas dinner at a historic home, where she meets Rafe (Rook), a single father and hockey coach with a passion for renovating old homes. But the historic home is home to the ghost of Rafe’s ancestor, Aubrey (Mark Bellamy), who takes it upon herself to play matchmaker between Zara and Rafe, providing Zara with a magical book of Dickensian love stories that challenges her skepticism.
