James Brolin Directing Hallmark Original

STUDIO CITY: James Brolin is directing and starring in a new TV movie from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries strand that will air in the U.S. this December.

Tentatively titled Pair of Jacks, the Hallmark holiday movie focuses on Jackie Foster, an Assistant District Attorney—played by Mena Suvari—and her relationship with her estranged father, a retired police officer (Brolin). Giselle Eisenberg stars as Jackie’s 8-year-old daughter.

Pair of Jacks is a Brad Krevoy Television Production with exec producers Brad Krevoy, James Brolin, Scott Hart, Eric Jarboe and Amanda Phillips Atkins. The script was written by Robin Bernheim. Production is currently under way in Ontario, Canada.