| Genre: | Romantic comedy |
| Starring: | Jack Wagner Josie Bissett |
| Language: | English |
| Producer: | Harvey Kahn |
| Company: | A Wedding Production |
| Network: | Hallmark Channel |
The Wedding March is an American-Canadian made for television romantic comedy film series starring Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett. Written by Neal H. Dobrofsky and Tippi Dobrofsky, the films were originally broadcast on the Hallmark Channel from 2016 to 2021.
| Character | Title | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wedding March | Resorting to Love | Here Comes the Bride | Something Old, Something New | My Boyfriend's Back | Sealed with a Kiss | |
| Mick Turner | Jack Wagner | |||||
| Olivia Phillips-Pershing | Josie Bissett | |||||
| Grace Pershing | Emily Tennant | Emily Tennant | ||||
| Duke | Aaron Pearl | |||||
| Julie Turner | Sarah Grey | |||||
| Wyatt | Mitch Ainley | |||||
| Nora Phillips | Susan Hogan | Susan Hogan | ||||
| Johnny | Serge Houde | |||||
Following the success of its first "June Weddings" event in 2015 Hallmark announced that the event would return in 2016, with The Wedding March as one of the channel's line-up of original television movies.[1]
The film saw stars Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett reunite after having both previously starred in the 1990s Fox television series Melrose Place. Wagner was also involved in the development of the film and served as an executive producer on the production.[2]
Wagner's character teaches a choir and he also recorded music for the film.[3]
Filming took place in Vancouver and British Columbia in April and May 2016.[4] The second installment was also shot in Vancouver.[5] The third installment in the franchise, entitled The Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride was filmed in British Columbia in May 2017, again starring Wagner and Bissett.[6]
The first film in the series aired on June 25, 2016, as part of the channel's second annual "June Weddings" event on Hallmark Channel.[7] [8]
The first installment of the film garnered 2.3 million viewers on its premiere and was the top-rated cable network program of the day. On Twitter it became the number one Tweeted cable/broadcast television film of the week.[9]