Everything You Need To Know About Hallmark's 'Mystic Christmas' Movie

MYSTIC, CT — Details have been released about the Hallmark Channel's "Mystic Christmas" production, which will feature soap opera and Broadway stars.

Jessy Schram ("Chicago Med," "Fantasy Island"), Chandler Massey ("The Professional Bridesmaid," "Days of Our Lives"), and Patti Murin ("In Merry Measure," Anna in "Frozen" on Broadway) are starring in the movie, which premieres next week.

Here's how Hallmark describes the holiday flick: Juniper Jones, played by Schram, is a world-traveling marine veterinarian who isn't afraid of anything except getting stuck in one place. When a favor for her college roommate brings her to Mystic, Juniper takes a temporary position at the Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Center and Aquarium, where she works to help a seal named Peppermint get released back into the wild.

Juniper explores Mystic and finds herself smitten with the town and its people...and specifically one person, Sawyer, owner of the pizza shop (in a nod to a certain movie that also features the seaside Connecticut town).

The pair spent a romantic evening in the past but haven't seen each other since. After an awkward reunion, the spark between the two is reignited. Of course, there are obstacles for true love to conquer.

"Mystic Christmas" will premiere on the Hallmark Channel on Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. It will also be on the streaming service Peacock 72 hours afterward.

The movie will highlight actual attractions and businesses in Olde Mistick Village, WTNH News-8 reported.

Synthetic Cinema, a Rocky Hill-based company, filmed at Mystic Aquarium in May, a location that's integral to the movie's storyline. Mango's Pizza will also be featured.

Several holiday movies have been filmed in Connecticut in recent years. Earlier this year, filmmakers were in Bethel and New Milford. One of the movies being shot will be titled "Holly Jolly."

Hartford and West Hartford were featured in "The Ghost of Christmas Always," a Hallmark movie shot last year.

The year before, "Sugar Plum Twist" was shot in Norwich and New London and appeared on the Hallmark Channel.

"One Royal Holiday" was filmed in Putnam, Woodstock, and Hartford. The musical, holiday-themed movie premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2020. "Holiday For Heroes," filmed in several Southeastern Connecticut towns, was released in 2019. In 2018, "Christmas On Honeysuckle Lane" appeared on Hallmark and was shot in Wethersfield.

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