Grey’s Anatomy’s Sarah Drew to Star in Mistletoe Murders Series Adaptation at Hallmark Media
Mistletoe Murders is the latest fiction podcast to get the TV treatment — but it won’t be podcast star Cobie Smulders bringing Emily Lane to the small screen.
Grey’s Anatomy vet Sarah Drew has landed the role of Emily in a series adaptation underway at Hallmark Media, according to our sister site Deadline.
Based on the Audible series of the same name, Mistletoe Murders will follow Drew’s character, who, when she isn’t running her small-town Christmas-themed store Under the Mistletoe, is compelled to investigate local murders with the help of a local police detective and his teen daughter. “On the surface, Emily is a perfectly lovely, good-natured mystery lover,” the logline reads, “but she is hiding a secret past that, if exposed, threatens to destroy the new life she has built in Fletcher’s Grove.”
It’s not yet clear if Mistletoe Murders will air on Hallmark Channel, or another Hallmark Media network. Production on the series gets underway in Toronto in June. In the meantime, two seasons of the fiction podcast are currently available on Audible; in addition to Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) as the voice of Emily, the audio series stars Raymond Ablack (Degrassi: The Next Generation, Ginny & Georgia) as police detective Sam Wilner and Anna Cathcart (XO, Kitty) as his daughter, Violet.
Drew is best known for her nine-season run as Grey’s Anatomy doc April Kepner, a role she departed at the end of Season 14. She has since returned twice for brief appearances in Seasons 17 and 18. But she’s already a familiar face to Hallmark fans, having previously starred in movies like Christmas in Vienna, One Summer and Guiding Emily at Hallmark Media’s various channels.
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Absolutely!
Is this a regular tv series or tv movie series
Great question! Would love to know an episode order. Or if it is the first movie of a new film franchise for Hallmark.
It’s a television “series adaptation,” as the article states. There currently isn’t an episode order as production doesn’t start until next month.
I feel like we need more reporting. Couldn’t “series adaptation” also mean a film series? ‘The Chronicle Mysteries’ and “Murder She Baked’ are both often referred to as film series in the press. So my question is more tied to format: individual one-hour episodes or a series of two-hour films. I don’t see confirmation of one or the other. And yes, I read the article.
Looking forward to this. I actually think she would have been a good replacement for Candace Cameron Bure in the Aurora Teagarden series. Really wish they would just replace Aurora with a new actor as I enjoyed all of the actors in that series.
@Tvline did you report on the other new series going into production on Hallmark? So 4 series in production?
Sounds like a good series! I’m in.
Yes! I’m actually really excited:) It’s crazy how when Season 6 brought Mercy West residents to Seattle Grace I was hardcore against it! I wanted George & Izzy to come back and for things to go back to the way they were.. but eventually April and Jackson really grew on me and I fell in love with them! Then I hated to see them leave. I’m always looking for new gigs for all my Greys Cast to come along.. I literally Google their names all the time! This time it lead me here & I couldn’t be more thrilled.. we’ll maybe if it starred Justin Chambers & Jessica Capshaw along side her and maybe TR Knight and Katherine Heigl;) .. but for now I’m just thrilled to see Sarah Drew in this ASAP!! & I pray it lasts .. so tired of all these shows getting 1 season then getting axed! So long live Mistletoe Murders:) See ya there!
I’m thrilled to hear that Sarah Drew will be starring in the “Mistletoe Murders” series adaptation at Hallmark Media! Her performances are always captivating, and I can’t wait to see her bring this holiday mystery to life. This series sounds like the perfect blend of festive cheer and intriguing suspense. Looking forward to watching it!