It's A Wonderful Lifetime continues to deliver heartwarming stories about family, love, and the beauty of the holiday season.
And A New Orleans Noel is the unmissable award-winning film on Lifetime's slate stacked with talented, beloved stars from Keshia Knight Pulliam to Patti Labelle. It is both a beautiful tribute to the Queen of Pralines, Loretta Harrison, and the city of New Orleans itself.
It's genuinely one of the most heartwarming films of the season. And TV Fanatic had the pleasure of speaking with director and co-writer Angela Tucker about it all. Check it out!
First off, congratulations on it winning the Audience Award at the New Orleans Film Festival. Are you still riding high from that honor? That was huge!
Yeah, it's so great. When you make these movies, you don't always get an opportunity to have them be in a film festival or get to see them in a theater.
And A New Orleans Noel is the unmissable award-winning film on Lifetime's slate stacked with talented, beloved stars from Keshia Knight Pulliam to Patti Labelle. It is both a beautiful tribute to the Queen of Pralines, Loretta Harrison, and the city of New Orleans itself.
It's genuinely one of the most heartwarming films of the season. And TV Fanatic had the pleasure of speaking with director and co-writer Angela Tucker about it all. Check it out!
First off, congratulations on it winning the Audience Award at the New Orleans Film Festival. Are you still riding high from that honor? That was huge!
Yeah, it's so great. When you make these movies, you don't always get an opportunity to have them be in a film festival or get to see them in a theater.
- 12/2/2022
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
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Tis’ the season to binge holiday movies with a giant jar of cookies — or whatever else your sweet tooth is craving. While Hallmark seemingly runs the monopoly on the best new Christmas movies, it’s not the only channel that’s popular. Lifetime is another channel that releases new and exclusive holiday movies as part of the “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” campaign, starting in November and running all through December.
Tis’ the season to binge holiday movies with a giant jar of cookies — or whatever else your sweet tooth is craving. While Hallmark seemingly runs the monopoly on the best new Christmas movies, it’s not the only channel that’s popular. Lifetime is another channel that releases new and exclusive holiday movies as part of the “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” campaign, starting in November and running all through December.
- 11/30/2022
- by Nishka Dhawan
- Rollingstone.com
We don’t even have the full list of movies for the 2022 It’s a Wonderful Lifetime Holiday slate, but the more names that are added, the more must-see it sounds. The latest announcement includes a Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman reunion with Jane Seymour and Joe Lando, Grammy winners Toni Braxton and Kirk Franklin executive producing, and Jodie Sweetin joining the Lifetime holiday family to kick off the slate on November 5. These three new films join previously announced ones including Santa Bootcamp starring Rita Moreno and directed by Melissa Joan Hart, Steppin’ into the Holidays with Mario Lopez and Jana Kramer, A New Orleans Noel starring Patti Labelle and Keshia Knight Pulliam from EP Whoopi Goldberg, and A Country Christmas Harmony with Brooke Elliott. The full It’s a Wonderful Lifetime slate and airdates will be announced in the fall. Check out all the details about the three new Lifetime holiday movies below.
- 9/1/2022
- TV Insider
Lifetime is reuniting “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” co-stars Jane Seymour and Joe Lando in a holiday movie this year, Variety can exclusively announce. The duo will star in “A Christmas Spark,” executive produced by Toni Braxton. Variety can also reveal that the network’s “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” lineup will also feature two more films on its 2022 slate: “Merry Swissmas,” starring Jodie Sweetin and Tim Rozon; and “Kirk Franklin’s the Night Before Christmas,” starring Naturi Naughton and Luke James.
“A Christmas Spark,” written by Eirene Tran Donohue, produced by Lighthouse Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures Television, follows recently widowed Molly (Seymour) who decides to visit her daughter for Christmas. There, she signs on to direct the town’s Christmas pageant and finds herself falling for Hank (Lando), the town’s most eligible bachelor. Braxton, Stephen Bulka, and Jamie Goehring are executive producing. Rhonda Baraka directs.
“Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas,...
“A Christmas Spark,” written by Eirene Tran Donohue, produced by Lighthouse Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures Television, follows recently widowed Molly (Seymour) who decides to visit her daughter for Christmas. There, she signs on to direct the town’s Christmas pageant and finds herself falling for Hank (Lando), the town’s most eligible bachelor. Braxton, Stephen Bulka, and Jamie Goehring are executive producing. Rhonda Baraka directs.
“Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Lifetime Stages ‘Sweet Magnolias’ Reunion, Leans Into Married Co-Stars for First Holiday 2022 Movies
Lifetime is getting an early grip on 2022 holiday movies. The network announced three new movies on Monday to kick off their festive programming.
“A New Orleans Noel” comes from executive producer Whoopi Goldberg and follows Grace Hill (Keshia Knight Pulliam) who finds herself working alongside her polar opposite, Anthony to fix up the home of icon Loretta Brown, portrayed by the one and only Patti Labelle. Tim Reid also stars as a man who has returned to town and catches Loretta’s eye.
“A New Orleans Noel” is produced by Evergreen Films and directed by Angela Tucker. Executive producers include Daniel Lewis, Rick Carter, Tom Leonardis and Pulliam. This will be the second Lifetime film Goldberg has produced this year, as she previously worked on “Caught in His Web.” She previously produced and starred in the network’s 2014 movie “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” and served as an...
“A New Orleans Noel” comes from executive producer Whoopi Goldberg and follows Grace Hill (Keshia Knight Pulliam) who finds herself working alongside her polar opposite, Anthony to fix up the home of icon Loretta Brown, portrayed by the one and only Patti Labelle. Tim Reid also stars as a man who has returned to town and catches Loretta’s eye.
“A New Orleans Noel” is produced by Evergreen Films and directed by Angela Tucker. Executive producers include Daniel Lewis, Rick Carter, Tom Leonardis and Pulliam. This will be the second Lifetime film Goldberg has produced this year, as she previously worked on “Caught in His Web.” She previously produced and starred in the network’s 2014 movie “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” and served as an...
- 2/28/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
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