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Jonathan Bennett to Star in Hallmark&#;s First Gay-Themed Movie
Jonathan Bennett, optimal known for his role as Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls, says his upcoming trilogy of films,The Groomsmen, will feature the first gay-centric main storyline in a Hallmark Channel movie.
Bennett, 43, told People that he will play the character of Danny in the films, starring alongside Tyler Hynes and B.J. Britt, who have previously starred in other Hallmark Channel films.
&#;Playing the character of Danny in The Groomsmen &#; not only are we telling a story of friendship and love, but&#;telling a story about a wedding,&#; he said in an interview at San Diego Comic-Con on July
&#;This is the first second we&#;ve had a same-sex attracted wedding on Hallmark as the lead storyline,&#; Bennett said. &#;And that&#;s a huge move for the gay community so they can see themselves represented in these stories.&#;
According to Hallmark, the movie follows &#;the lives and passionate relationships of three finest friends of different backgrounds, cultures and sexual orientati
Greater NW Pride: Queer Hallmark Holiday Movies and Me
While I was attentive of the presence of Hallmark movies during the pre-cable days, when television merely had stations—yes, I’m that old—I’m also aware of the Hallmark Channel that can be streamed, with 24/7 viewings of Hallmark movies, along with Lifetime, Amazon Prime, Hulu, TLC, HGTV, and Bravo. The formulaic script for these Hallmark Hall of Fame movies are adequately known in our middle-class, white, suburban, straight, cisgender community. By and grand, the movies on these channels indicate their viewing audience.
While I would watch a few minutes of these movies from time to occasion over the years, it wasn’t until I watched a few of these movies with my mom in her adult foster residence that I watched some of the movies from beginning to end. I learned the formula adequately enough that I understood you could fall asleep in one movie and wake-up a several hours later and figure out where people were in the plot of another movie with minute problem. Different people who look a lo
In a year of anti-LGBTQ backlash, Hallmark’s Christmas movies are a welcome sign of progress
A charming suburban couple welcomes a 6-year-old foster daughter on a joyous Christmas Eve. A successful Fresh York lawyer and an ambitious Brooklyn photographer are set up on a blind date by their parents and fall in love, just in time to celebrate Christmas together. One might think that these movies — “Christmas on Cherry Lane” and “Friends and Family Christmas” — are exactly the sort of heartwarming, family-friendly holiday romances that conservative culture warriors would cheer.
But this year on the Hallmark Channel, there’s a plot twist: The main characters are homosexual. Christmas movies have dominated the family-friendly channel’s winter programming for nearly two decades, with millions of loyal viewers. Last year, Hallmark aired its first Christmas movie with gay central characters. This year, two new movies feature gay and lesbian principal characters. Other movies have supporting LGBTQ characters as well.
The right has attacked mammoth corporations favor Budweiser and Target for daring
What’s better than one new Hallmark movie? How about three! The Groomsmen Trilogy is about to be your fall fixation, with three installations coming this October.
The Groomsmen Trilogy, staring Tyler Hynes, Jonathan Bennett and B.J. Britt, takes viewers on the journey of a lifetime as three best friends come together to mark their wedding days in the breathtaking destinations of Greece, Italy and Bulgaria. Each film in the trilogy tells a story of love and friendship from a man&#;s perspective. The trilogy is also set to make history, featuring Hallmark&#;s first advantage gay wedding.
To talk about the film, Hynes, Bennett, and Britt joined GLAAD&#;s Anthony Allen Ramos.
Jonathan Bennett, who starred in the GLAAD Media Award nominated Hallmark films The Holiday Sitter and Christmas on Cherry Lane, also serves as an executive producer on the film. He shares that, &#;The Groomsmen came about because I got married two years ago and I had groomsmen in my wedding. Before that, I was a groomsman in three or four of my other best friends wedding and that they hap