High res images of Sean in Love's Christmas Journey

"Love's Christmas Journey," a 4-hour special movie event, premieres at 8pm ET, Saturday, November 5 on the Hallmark Channel.

Click for larger versions of each. Many thanks to Sheri of Hallmark! 

Sean Astin as Mayor Wayne, click for supersize!

Trailer for Love's Christmas Journey (updated)

Premieres Saturday, November 5, 8pm ET/PT, 7pm CT on the Hallmark Channel.

Update: Although originally billed as a 2-part miniseries, the whole 4 hours will reportedly be shown at once.

Love's Christmas Journey website (updated)

Mayor Wayne

The Hallmark channel has opened their web site for Love's Christmas Journey, with trailer video, photos, cast bios and more!

http://hallmarkchannel.com/loveschristmasjourney

The 4-hour movie will air on the Hallmark Channel Saturday, November 5 at 8pm EST, and and again on Sunday, November 6 at 2pm.

"Sean Astin's Nightmares and Laughs"

In an interview with Marilyn Beck and Stacy Janel Smith, Sean talks some of his recent eclectic projects, from the nightmare-causing work in "The Boys of Abu Ghraib" (Sean plays a prison guard), to the hilarity on the set of "And They're Off" ("I had to put my face in my hands to keep from laughing out loud"), and "Amazing Love," a story of "fidelity and unconditional love" in which he plays a youth pastor.

Read the interview here.

More "Love's Christmas Journey" photos

A couple more behind the scenes photo from the 2-part miniseries 4-hour movie "Love's Christmas Journey" which airs on the Hallmark Channel starting November 5. Here's a better version of a picture that I posted a few weeks ago.

Sean Astin and two of his young costars, Gabriel Suttle and Danielle Parker.
Note anachronistic iPhone in Mayor Wayne's pocket!

Love's Christmas Journey airs Nov 5 on Hallmark Channel

LOVE'S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY


Hallmark Channel Original Movie Event World Premiere
Saturday, November 5 (8p.m. ET/PT, 7C)


Starring: Sean Astin, JoBeth Williams, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Shaughnessy, Natalie Hall, Dylan Bruce, Greg Vaughan


While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King (Hall) visits her brother Aaron Davis, (Vaughan) a sheriff in the small town of Haddonton, and his two children during the Christmas holiday. Ellie does her best to enjoy the holidays, even making new friends with Beatrice (Williams), a local shop keeper and Deputy Strode (Bruce). Settling in nicely with her brother's family, Ellie agrees to watch her niece and nephew when Aaron travels out of town to purchase adjacent land for farming. But when a corrupt attorney in town leaves a young man to blame for Mayor Wayne's (Astin) barn catching fire and burning, Ellie ignores distrusting townspeople and steps in to help to prove his innocence. To her dismay, the season's festivities are threatened when Aaron goes missing. When all seems lost, Ellie not only gets the perfect holiday miracle - her brother delivered home safely on Christmas morning - but also the chance at a new life when she finds herself falling in love again.


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Upcoming movie releases

Sean will have several movies see their US release over the next few months:

• September 16: Stay Cool, limited theatrical release, available now on video on demand on Charter, Time Warner and Verizon FIOS. Sean plays Big Girl, best friend of an author returning to his high school to give the commencement speech. HD trailer here.

Pink-helmeted Sean as Big Girl in "Stay Cool"

New projects!

Sean Astin has been a busy boy this summer. Here are some of his projects:

• Sean will be voicing Raphael in a new animated TV series version of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" for Nickelodeon. Entertainment weekly interviewed Sean about his new role. The show will premiere in Fall 2012.

Sean recording Raphael for TMNT