Hallmark Channel Announces All-New April 2023 Movies Starring Erin Krakow, Brendan Penny, Erin Cahill and More

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Hallmark Channel Announces All-New April 2023 Movies Starring Erin Krakow, Brendan Penny, Erin Cahill and More

Spring is here! Hallmark Media announced a fresh set of movies that will air in April — and give viewers a taste of love in bloom. The company’s annual “Spring Into Love” programming will feature seven new films spanning on both Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Network star Erin Krakow is one of the many actresses headlining the April lineup. Before fans watch the When Calls the Heart actress on season 10 of the Hallmark series — which premieres on Sunday, July 30 — Krakow will appear alongside Brendan Penny in The Wedding Cottage on Saturday, April 15. The film follows a wedding guide creator (Krakow), who struggles to make a wedding cottage owner (Penny) agree to upgrade his property and make it a place that couples would want to spend their dream wedding. “3 weeks of laughing till I cry with this one. #TheWeddingCottage,” Krakow wrote via Instagram on Sunday, February 26, teasing her upcoming movie. The It Was Always You actress shared a carousel of behind-the-scenes giggling snaps with Penny. She also posted a Photoshopped image of her and the Chesapeake Shores alum’s faces on a Daisy Cottage Cheese tub, hinting at the playful banter the twosome had on set. [jwplayer EW84SH4O-zhNYySv2] Penny, who many fans will know for his work in the Autumn in the Vineyard trilogy, reshared the photos via his Instagram account with the same caption. Earlier in the month, Krakow teased it was “time for a new adventure,” sharing snaps on February 4 of her travels to a new film location alongside her dog, Willoughby. A week later, the A Summer Romance star revealed a clue about the character’s wardrobe. “Spoiler alert — she’s into boots …” she captioned two pictures inside her trailer. “Business or pleather? 😏,” Krakow wrote alongside a February 18 photo in what appeared to be a look from one of her new projects. In the snap, she wore a black tank top and leather pants. Penny and Krakow’s The Wedding Cottage is just one of the many rom-coms coming to Hallmark Media in April. Network favorites Jocelyn Hudon, Erin Cahill, Hunter King and Heather Hemmens will all lead their own Hallmark Channel romances. Amanda Schull and Carlo Marks, for their part, are costarring in The Blessing Bracelet on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. It is a DaySpring movie, which is the faith-inspired programming banner for the company. Mahogany, which is a Black-led subdivision of Hallmark Media, will also have a new April film, Spring Breakthrough, premiering toward the end of the month. Scroll down for the complete April lineup:

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Hallmark Channel

‘Love in the Maldives’

Premiere Date: Saturday, April 1, at 8 p.m. ET.

Stars: Jocelyn Hudon and Jake Manley

Logline: Travel columnist Rae Parker (Hudon) is sent to the Maldives by her editor to write an article about its romantic appeal and adventurous experiences. “Rae realizes she needs some guidance and support to undertake some of the challenges outside of her comfort zone. The hotel's guest experience expert, Jared Joseph (Manley), steps in and makes it his personal mission to give Rae the adventure she’s looking for.”

‘The Professional Bridesmaid’

Premiere Date: Saturday, April 8, at 8 p.m. ET.

Stars: Hunter King and Chandler Massey

Logline: Maggie Bailey (King) has mastered being a bridesmaid — and has since made a career out of it. Her latest client, Alexis Shepard (Francesca Bianchi), who is the mayor’s daughter, comes with a lot of scrutiny so she is hired to pretend to be a bridesmaid and keep things running smoothly. “Unfortunately, Henry Whittington (Massey), an ambitious local reporter assigned to the society story is sniffing around hoping to get close to the mayor for a scoop on the pending development of local park land. To pull off her assignment, Maggie must coordinate three unhelpful bridesmaids and keep Henry focused on the wedding while hiding her identity, even as she begins to grow closer to him.”

‘The Wedding Cottage’

Premiere Date: Saturday, April 15, at 8 p.m. ET.

Stars: Erin Krakow and Brendan Penny

Logline: “A wedding guide creator (Krakow) must convince an uninspired artist and owner of a special wedding cottage (Penny) to renovate the rundown cottage to host a contest-winning couple for their dream wedding.”

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‘A Pinch of Portugal’

Premiere Date: Saturday, April 22, at 8 p.m. ET.

Stars: Heather Hemmens and Luke Mitchell

Logline: “When a celebrity chef walks off his show, prep cook Anna (Hemmens) must step into the spotlight and make the show her own, with the help of her Aussie cameraman (Mitchell) and Portuguese location scout.”

‘The Spin Cycle’ (Working Title)

Premiere Date: Saturday, April 29, at 8 p.m. ET.

Stars: Erin Cahill and Marco Grazzini

Logline: Publicist Hazel Miller (Cahill) is thrown for a loop when she’s “tasked with spinning” MLB player Diego Vasquez’s (Grazzini) image. The pitcher “also happens to be the guy who shattered Hazel’s heart in high school.” The project “might be her biggest challenge professionally, and personally, as she takes him back to their hometown in Ohio to deal with what they've both left behind.”

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Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

‘The Blessing Bracelet’

Premiere Date: Sunday, April 9, at 7 p.m. ET.

Stars: Amanda Schull and Carlo Marks

Logline: Dawn Spencer (Schull) “unearths a bracelet she made years earlier” while gearing up for the Easter holiday. The single parent “created it using four beads with the intention of using each one as a reminder to count the blessings in her life.” As Dawn focuses on the good in her life, she turns to her church community for help and encounters Ben (Marks), who is encouraging amid her ups and downs.

‘Spring Breakthrough’

Premiere Date: Sunday, April 30, at 7 p.m. ET.

Stars: Keesha Sharp, Demetrius Grosse, Rhyon Nicole Brown and Akono Dixon

Logline: “Single mother Monica Rollins (Sharp) excitedly waits for her daughter, Vivian (Brown), to come home for spring break, their annual tradition,” the descriptor reads. Days before their reunion, Monica is fired and Vivian gives her another surprise when she reveals she’s engaged to Shawn (Dixon). Monica changes her plans and travels to The Gulf Shores to celebrate the couple and “en route, she meets Clark Randall (Grosse), who also happens to be Shawn’s godfather, at the airport and an unexpected flirtation ignites.”