{"id":5856,"date":"2014-07-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2014\/07\/28\/marvista-to-rep-two-new-hallmark-movies\/"},"modified":"2014-07-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T00:00:00","slug":"marvista-to-rep-two-new-hallmark-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/marvista-to-rep-two-new-hallmark-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"MarVista to Rep Two New Hallmark Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has taken on distribution for two new Hallmark Channel original movies, <em>When Sparks Fly <\/em>and <em>The Nine Lives of Christmas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>When Sparks Fly <\/em>is a romantic drama written by Carol Starr Schneider and directed by Gary Yeates. It stars Meghan Markle (<em>Suits<\/em>), Christopher Jacot (<em>Beyblade: Shogun Steel<\/em>, <em>Eureka<\/em>), Kristina Pesic (<em>Defiance<\/em>), Lochlyn Munro (<em>True Justice<\/em>, <em>Charmed<\/em>) and Keith MacKechine (<em>Radio Rebel<\/em>, <em>7th Heaven<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>The Nine Lives of Christmas <\/em>is a holiday family film. It stars Brandon Routh (<em>Superman Returns<\/em>) and Kimberley Sustad (<em>A Bride For Christmas<\/em>), along with Stephanie Bennett (<em>Signed, Sealed, Delivered<\/em>), Chelsea Hobbs (<em>Make It or Break It<\/em>) and Gregory Harrison (<em>One Tree Hill<\/em>). The TV movie is a Nine Lives Films production, directed by Mark Jean from a script by Nancey Silvers based on a book by Sheila Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;International buyers and their audiences have demonstrated a great affinity for original films produced for the Hallmark Channel, and we have no doubt these two new movies will create a groundswell of demand in the international market,&rdquo; said Fernando Szew, MarVista&#039;s CEO. &ldquo;Bauman Entertainment has produced top-quality movies with all of the elements&mdash;holiday, romance, drama, a dash of comedy and strong casting&#8211;that are sure to score big with broadcasters and their audiences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTed Bauman, the president and producer at Bauman Entertainment, commented, &ldquo;Fernando and the MarVista team are keenly aware of what buyers are looking for to reach their target audiences, and we are confident that <em>When Sparks Fly<\/em> and <em>The Nine Lives of Christmas<\/em> will prove to be audience pleasers around the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has taken on distribution for two new Hallmark Channel original movies, When Sparks Fly and The Nine Lives of Christmas. When Sparks Fly is a romantic drama written by Carol Starr Schneider and directed by Gary Yeates. It stars Meghan Markle (Suits), Christopher Jacot (Beyblade: Shogun Steel, Eureka), Kristina Pesic (Defiance), &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MarVista to Rep Two New Hallmark Movies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MarVista to Rep Two New Hallmark Movies. LOS ANGELES, July 28: MarVista Entertainment has taken on distribution for two new Hallmark Channel original movies, When Sparks Fly and The Nine Lives of Christmas.. 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