Lori Loughlinhas landed her next lead role.Deadlinereports that theFull Housestar has signed on to star in a new Christmas movie for Great American Family to be aired later this year. This continues her work at GAF, which now essentially serves as her new TV home, following recent roles in other TV movies for the network. After appearing inWhen Hope Calls Christmasin 2021, she starred in the new TV movieFall Into Winter, which premiered at the tail end of January.
InFall Into Winter, “Life quickly changes for Kerry (Loughlin) as she has to work alongside to her high school nemesis, Brooks (James Tupper), an old friend of her brother’s who unexpectedly buys into Kerry’s family-owned candy shop.”
Loughlin’s role inFall Into Winterwas announced in September. It marks her first rom-com for Great American Family, and at the time, network president and CEO, Bill Abbott, spoke about how happy he was to be bringing Loughlin into the fold.
“Lori is a genre-defining star that I have had the honor to call a close friend and collaborator for more than 15 years,” Abbott said. “We have a shared vision for creating meaningful and memorable movies that resonate with our passionate fans, and I look forward to welcoming her back to Great American Family to anchor our 2023 winter programming slate.”
In a separate interview with Variety, Abbott teased moremovies starring Loughlin to comeby adding, “We talk three times a week. We have two scripts that she really likes, one of which we’ll greenlight for this year or next year. Lori’s a good friend and somebody who we would love nothing more than to do a movie with, and we’re hopeful."
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Lori Loughlin Joins Candace Cameron Bure at Great American Family
OtherFull Housestars have been doing holiday movie work with Great American Family. Candace Cameron Bure serves as chief creative officer at the network after leaving Hallmark, and she’ll be producing movies in addition to starring. One of the first orders of business was to start work onanother holiday filmcalledChristmas on Candy Cane Lanewhich stars Andrea Barber, who played Kimmy Gibbler onFull HouseandFuller House. Last year,Fuller Housewould also make its cable TV debut when it started airing on Great American Family.
The next Christmas movie starring Lori Loughlin, which doesn’t have a title yet, hasn’t been given a scheduled release date at this time.
