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GAC Family Announces First Christmas Movie Of 2022

GAC Family

GAC Family Announces First Christmas Movie of 2022

By Movieguide® Contributor

GAC Family announced that production is underway for their first Christmas movie of 2022, CATERING CHRISTMAS (working title).

The movie stars Merritt Patterson and Daniel Lissing. The actors have starred in previous Christmas movies for the network, like JINGLE BELL PRINCESS and A CHRISTMAS STAR, respectively. 

According to Variety, the movie “follows Molly Frost (Patterson) as she struggles to launch her new catering business and unexpectedly lands New Hampshire’s biggest event of the year. Meanwhile, Carson Jacob Harrison (Lissing), manager of the event, is the very reluctant heir to his family’s foundation who needs a reminder of all the good his family does.”

GAC Family CEO Bill Abbott previously promised the content on the channel would be “relentlessly family-friendly.”

Thus far, the network has produced a limited amount of movies, including HARMONY FROM THE HEART and ANGEL FALLS CHRISTMAS, as well as aired the first episode of Season 2 of WHEN HOPE CALLS, a spin-off of the Movieguide® Award-winning show WHEN CALLS THE HEART.

Movieguide® has previously reported on GAC Family’s efforts to deliver family-oriented content:

GAC Family CEO and founder Bill Abbott recently shared his motivation to create the family-friendly channel in a competitive landscape of streaming content.

After 20 years with Crown Media, Abbott left the Hallmark empire and created GAC Family. Abbott discussed the new streaming network on the latest episode of “Up Next with John Contratti.”

“There’s so much need for family content in the market and in this space,” Abbott told Contratti. “It’s pretty scary, quite frankly, the amount of content that’s out there, the vast majority of it is salacious and is not appropriate for any member of the family, really. From my point of view, it’s pretty easy, open space, and something I really am passionate about.”

Abbott said that while GAC Family will continue to focus on Christmas movies and romantic comedies, they want to balance quality with moral content.

“We think the romcom genre gets a bad name to a degree, by a quantity over quality philosophy that I think some channels have,” he said. “Just because something’s a romcom doesn’t mean that it has a lot of heart, emotion, and a romantic story. Some of them missed the mark, just because they’re rushed and there isn’t the amount of time spent in creating a quality offering.”

“We want to be relentlessly family-friendly, we want to be consistent, and we want to be high quality,” he added. “If we do those three things, I think that we’ll deliver on the promise and will be the leader in the space.”

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.