Shannen Doherty Stars in New Hallmark Original Movie

LOS ANGELES: Shannen Doherty of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame leads the cast of new Hallmark Channel original movie Growing the Big One, which has already begun production in Vancouver, Canada.

Doherty stars as a young woman who inherits her family farm, which is deeply in debt. She decides to enter a pumpkin-growing contest, hoping that the winnings could help save the business, and winds up falling in love with both her new partner in the contest and the simple life of the small town. The movie is set to premiere in October 2010.

Growing The Big One is being produced by GBO Films. Howard Meltzer (The Brooke Ellison Story), Jane Goldenring (Pizza My Heart) and Ted Bauman (Pictures of Hollis Woods) are the executive producers; Randy Cheveldave is the producer. Mark Griffiths (Our House) is directing from a script written by Diane Mettler and Anna Sandor (Miss Rose White).