Candace Cameron Bure and Cameron Mathison are set to star in a Christmas film later this year, but it’s not the one they initially expected to make.
Cable network Great American Family announced Wednesday that Cameron Bure and Mathison will make their debut as co-stars with Home Sweet Christmas, an original holiday movie set to air on the channel later this year. The project is currently in production and will be part of the fourth annual Great American Christmas block of programming.
Hailing from Syrup Studios and Candy Rock Entertainment, Home Sweet Christmas centers on Sophie Marlow (Cameron Bure), a mergers and acquisitions attorney who returns to her hometown in the state of Washington after her late uncle leaves her with 60 percent of his maple forest property. She reconnects with long-lost childhood friend Sam (Mathison), who has been left with the remaining 40 percent of the property.
Paula Elle directs the film from a script by Kevin Commins and Robin Dunne. Mick MacKay produces the movie, while executive producers include Cameron Bure, Ford Englerth, Jeffery Brooks, Holly A. Hines, Eric Jarboe, Gerald Webb, Trevor McWhinney, Paula Elle and Martin Wood.
“We’ve been waiting 15 years to do a Christmas movie together and it’s finally happening!” Cameron Bure posted to Instagram, alongside a photo of herself with Mathison.
Last month, Great American Family announced that the two performers were set to co-star in an original holiday film called Jingle Bells, Wedding Bells that was expected to air in November. That movie, which will no longer head into production this year, was to focus on Cameron Bure as an inn’s wedding planner who scrambles to put together a lavish ceremony two weeks before Christmas.
Cameron Bure is also set to star in A Christmas Less Traveled, which has already filmed. Both that movie and Home Sweet Christmas will air on Great American Family this year, with the premiere dates set to be announced soon. Additionally, she stars in the channel’s feature The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Winemaker, which premieres Oct. 4.
The actress played D.J. Tanner on Full House and its spinoff series Fuller House. She was also known for her string of Christmas movies for Hallmark Channel before ending her partnership with that network and joining Great American Family as chief content officer in 2022.
Mathison is known for his long-running roles on All My Children and General Hospital.
