The upcoming movie Christmas on Candy Cane Lane has a talented cast of Andrea Baber, Dan Payne, Kerensa Cooper, and others.
The 2022 Holiday movie is directed by the famous Christie Will Wolf. She is a famous Canadian director, writer, and producer who is famous for writing and directing films such as Over The Moon, Love, Boy Toy, Yes, I Do, Forever Christmas, Her Infidelity, and many more. Wolf won the award for Best Screenwriting at The Best Coast Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.
Christmas on Candy Cane Lane is written (teleplay) by Teena Booth. She is known for her writing in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries in 2015, Cyber Bully in 2011, Amish Grace in 2010, and Good Sam in 2019. She has also worked as a producer in Lizzie Borden Took an Axe in 2014.
The movie is based on the book of the same name Christmas on Candy Cane Lane written by Sheila Roberts, who has written over forty books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her books have been made into various Hallmark and Lifetime channel movies.
The plot of the movie revolves around the life of Ivy Donaldson played by Andrea Barber and her life after she is separated from her husband Rob.
Christmas On Candy Cane Lane Movie Cast
The main cast of the upcoming movie, are Andrea Barber, Dan Payne, and Kerensa Cooper, among others according to IMDb.
Andrea Barber as Ivy Donaldson
Who is Ivy Donaldson? Ivy Donaldson is the movie’s main character, Christmas on Candy Cane Lane. The story revolves around her. She is struggling with her mother’s shadow, Muriel, the Christmas Icicle Falls. She gets separated from her husband, Rob, and she works for the best of their daughter.
Where have I seen Andrea Barber before? Andrea Laura Barber is the 46-year-old American actress who is known for her role as Kimmy Gibbler in Full House the ABC sitcom and the Netflix sequel series Fuller House. One of her major roles was as Carrie Brady in the Days of Our Lives, the American soap opera from 1982 to 1986. She has two Soap Opera Digest Awards and two Young Artist Awards.
Dan Payne as Rob
Who is Rob? Rob is the ex-husband of the movie’s main character, Christmas on Candy Cane Lane. He is separated from Ivy Donaldson for some reason. He has a daughter with his ex-wife named Jordan Donaldson.
Where have I seen Dan Payne before? Daniel Payne, shortly known as Dan is a Canadian actor known for his role in the TV series Alice, I think as Think. He has also worked on Virgin River, Descendants 3, and Christmas She Wrote. Previous to becoming an actor, he was a professional volleyball player in his early 20s and he retired after some time.
Kerensa Cooper as Jordan Donaldson
Who is Jordan Donaldson? Jordan Donaldson is the daughter of Ivy Donaldson and Rob. Her mother and father are separated and she lives with her mother. They are in Candy Cane Lane, Icicle Falls. They again get together during the Christmas festive season.
Where have I seen Kerensa Cooper before? Other than her role in Christmas on Candy Cane Lane, she has also worked on other movies and series such as Lilac Eyes and Beetle Black as Adeline in 2019, A Family Christmas Gift as Josie Andrews in 2019, Supernatural as Dana in 2020, Batwoman as Young Angelique in 2021, and The Way to Freedom as Lily Crown in 2019.
What Is Christmas On Candy Cane Lane About?
Candance Cameron Bure presents Christmas on Candy Cane Lane, a Great American Family Channel holiday season movie.
The storyline of the movie revolves around the life of Ivy Donaldson played by Andrea Barber. She struggles with her mother’s shadow, Muriel, the Christmas darling of Icicle Falls. She separates from her husband Rob played by Dan Payne and she tries to do her best to be a good parent to her daughter in Candy Cane Lane. After many bizarre and funny events, the whole family gets together in an unexpected way during the holiday.
The movie is based on the book of the name Christmas on Candy Cane Lane which was written by Sheila Roberts who is often the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller.
The story of the book starts out where everyone in Icicle Falls is getting ready for Christmas, especially in Candy Cane Lane, and decorating for the holiday seriously. Tilda Morrison, the town cop is looking forward to the first Christmas in the town. Her neighbor, Maddy Donalson is the inspiration behind the whole extravaganza of Christmas.
Someone keeps on destroying Maddy’s candy canes and asks the cop to look into the issues. She is busy fixing her love life and fixing up her fixer-upper. Her neighbor is Ivy, who is a newly single mom wanting to give her child the best Christmas ever. The three women try to do their best even though there are family disasters, irritating ex-husbands, and kitchen catastrophes.
The plot of the movie and the book might have a slightly different turnout and some scenes of the book might not be included in the movie. However, both the movie and the book have the same theme of having a great Christmas in Candy Cane Lane in Icicle Falls.
Christmas On Candy Cane Lane Release Date and Trailer
The Great American Family Channel movie, Christmas on Candy Cane Lane releases on December 3, 2022.
The holiday movie releases twenty-two days before Christmas, the third of December on Saturday at 8 p.m. EST. The movie will be released as a part of the 2022 Great American Christmas lineup on the network.
Candace Cameron Bure got permission from the Great American Family Channel to begin filming on September 19, 2022. She developed this movie in conjunction with her company Candy Rock Entertainment. This movie is the second movie of hers that landed on the 2022 lineup of GAC.
The trailer of the movie Christmas on Candy Cane Lane was released on November 30, 2022, on the official Great American Family. The trailer starts with people during the holiday season in Candy Cane Lane which celebrates Christmas like no other. We get to see the mother-daughter duo, Ivy and Jordan Donaldson played by Andrea Barber and Kerensa Cooper respectively. The movie is the thirteenth of the eighteenth Great American Christmas original movie.