Preview: “The Wedding Veil Inspiration” A Hallmark Channel “New Year, New Movies” Original Movie

Kat Harlton

Media: Hallmark Media

Autumn Reeser (“Entourage,” “The O.C.”), Paolo Bernardini (“Lost and Found in Rome”), Alison Sweeney (“Days of our Lives”) and Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) return in “The Wedding Veil Inspiration,” a new, original movie premiering January 14, 2023 (8 p.m. ET/PT) on Hallmark Channel, as part of the network’s “New Year, New Movies” programming event. Kacey Rohl (“The Magicians”) and Carlo Marks (“Chesapeake Shores”) also star.

About The Movie:

In the second movie of this sequel trilogy, Emma (Reeser) is sticking to her five year plan, as Paolo (Bernardini) prepares to open a lace shop in Chicago with his cousin Matteo (Marks). On track to assume a promotion to department chair, Emma feels strongly that things fall into place before she and Paolo can consider growing their family. However, Paolo worries that that day may never come. When a crisis at home calls Paolo back to Italy, the couple must navigate busy schedules to make time for each other from afar. Missing Paolo, Emma bumps heads with Nancy (Lynda Boyd, “Virgin River”), the current chair of her department and begins to question her life choices. Thankfully, she has frequent calls, texts and visits with Tracy (Sweeney) and Avery (Chabert), who seem to know her better than she knows herself. She also has a friend in her smart and quirky teacher’s aide, Lily (Rohl), who provides Emma with a novel opportunity to get people excited about art, but it might mean giving up everything she’s worked for. Meanwhile, Emma cannot help but notice a spark between Lily and Matteo – who both happened to be touching the veil when they met. As Emma tries to get Lily to trust her heart, she must find the courage to stop planning her own dream life and start living it.

“The Wedding Veil Inspiration” is from Veil Road V Productions and Front Street Pictures. Beth Grossbard, Lisa Demberg, Autumn Reeser and Harvey Kahn are executive producers. Allen Lewis is supervising producer and Charles Cooper is producer. Terry Ingram directed from a script by Betsy Morris, inspired by the book There Goes the Bride by Lori Wilde.