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When Hallmark+ was announced in summer 2024, it was revealed that Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas movies would not be added to the app.

“‘Countdown to Christmas’ remains a linear experience,” Hallmark Media’s EVP of Programming, Lisa Hamilton Daly told Variety at the time.

She added, “The content on the app is going to be Holidazed, Mistletoe Murders, our unscripted shows and a couple of movie trilogies coming up that we haven’t announced yet. There’s going to be a bunch of holiday content, but it’s going to be separate and different from what’s on linear.”

Well, Hallmark is giving fans a special gift before Christmas by adding nearly all of this year’s new movies.

15 movies have already been added and there are 24 more movies being added on Friday (December 20).

Hallmark+ is available for $7.99 per month or $79.99 per year. Subscribers will also get Hallmark Store rewards for having a membership.

In the lovely tapestry of Following Yonder Star, we meet Abby Marshall, a television actress whose life once shone with the radiance of a flawless role. For fourteen seasons, she played the ideal mother on Guiding Grace, a character who comforted viewers in their tumultuous lives like a beacon of light.

Behind the façade, Abby struggles with a profound dissonance, a feeling of inadequacy that gnaws at her soul. When a public meltdown—caught on tape, of course—completes her fall from grace, she finds herself at a crossroads, not only in her job but also in her very identity.

Desperate to escape Hollywood’s constant scrutiny, Abby travels to the charming rural hamlet of Pine Ridge, Vermont. But fate, with its wicked humor, plays a trick on her: a misunderstanding about her hotel reservation leaves her stuck, a star without a stage. She meets Nick Maguire, the innkeeper, who...

Photo: John Brotherton, Brooke D’Orsay

Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Steven Ackerman

Hallmark Channel has announced its new DaySpring movie, Following Yonder Star. Starring Brooke D’Orsay and John Brotherton, the movie is set to premiere as part of the network’s beloved Countdown to Christmas 2024. Read on to learn more about the movie and its cast and view beautiful images taken on the film set.

Following Yonder Star on Hallmark Channel Photo: Naomi Rubel Lifshits, Krish Kapoor

Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Steven Ackerman

According to TV Insider, Following Yonder Star is a faith-based DaySpring movie airing as part of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas 2024.

The movie’s plot tells the story of Abby Marshall (Brooke D’Orsay) a television actress known as an “inspirational mother.” However, when a scandal strikes, Abby needs a quick getaway and decides to head to Vermont.

Photo: Isla Verot, John Brotherton

Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Steven Ackerman

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Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas 2024 includes the DaySpring movie Following Yonder Star. This stars Brooke D’Orsay and Fuller House alum John Brotherton. “A former television star waits out a scandal in Vermont. She becomes close with the innkeeper and his daughter while she helps him direct the local children’s Christmas pageant.”

Here is more on this faith-based holiday movie.

Photo: Brooke D’Orsay, John Brotherton Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Steven Ackerman What Is Hallmark’s Following Yonder Star About?

Hallmark’s 2024 DaySpring Christmas movie is Following Yonder Star. This stars Brooke D’Orsay and John Brotherton. What is this movie about? According to TV Insider’s Countdown To Christmas roundup, Abby Marshall is a television actress known as an “inspirational mother.” However, when scandal strikes, she needs a quick getaway. Therefore, she heads to Vermont.

Unfortunately, her room at a luxury Vermont resort is double booked and there are no hotels nearby.