‘Winter Wonderlanes’ Solid, Plot, Filming Locations & How to Watch The Latest Hallmark Christmas Film
Hallmark Channel’s latest Countdown to Christmas film is centered round a beloved bowling alley and the well-traveled restaurateur that desires to forestall it from being offered.
The foremost character, Audrey, returns house for Thanksgiving amid the unhappy information her late grandfather’s bowling alley can be offered. She works to avoid wasting the bowling alley with an area information reporter and sparks fly!
The film premieres on Friday night time (October 23), and stars Ashley Newbrough and Franco Lo Presti. Here’s every part to know concerning the solid, plot, and the way to watch.
Meet the Winter Wonderlanes solid
Ashley Newbrough is an American and Canadian actress who hails from Toronto, Canada. She’s greatest identified for starring in The CW sequence Privileged and has additionally appeared in TV exhibits like Rent A Goalie, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Mistresses, and 1-800 Missing. She has additionally starred in lots of Lifetime and Hallmark Channel TV films like Christmas Love Letter, Love Under the Stars, Small Town Christmas, Love in Glacier Nation: A National Park Romance.
Franco Lo Presti can be Canadian and was raised in Ontario. His tv credit embody Heated Rivalry, Days of Our Lives, and Tracker. He has additionally starred in lots of Hallmark Channel movies already, like 14 Love Letters and Unwrapping Christmas.
What is Winter Wonderlanes about?
Here is the official synopsis shared by Hallmark:
Audrey Bell (Newbrough) is a globe-trotting pop-up restaurateur who returns house for Thanksgiving to the information that her late grandfather’s beloved bowling alley, Wonderlanes, can be offered. Audrey agrees to remain for one final festive season at Wonderlanes and decides to revive its iconic Winter Wonderlanes youth bowling match. To drum up publicity for the occasion, she reluctantly groups up with Jason Miller (Lo Presti), an area information reporter and her highschool boyfriend. Working aspect by aspect the embers of their previous begin flickering, rekindling emotions they thought they left behind. As the match attracts close to, Audrey questions her subsequent transfer that can take her away from the individuals and locations she loves…and resolve if she’s able to stroll away from Wonderlanes – or lastly put down roots the place her coronary heart actually belongs.
Where was Winter Wonderlanes filmed?
Filming for Winter Wonderlanes passed off primarily in Ontario, in and round Ottawa. One of the movie’s actors, Michael Goldin Shore, shared a photograph on Instagram after filming had wrapped to precise how enjoyable the expertise was.
Part of the film filmed on the Cedar Hill Christmas Tree Farm in Ottawa Valley, based on the corporate’s Facebook page. Two different upcoming 2026 Hallmark Christmas films additionally filmed there! Scenes had been additionally reportedly filmed at Orlean’s Bowler.
How to observe Winter Wonderlanes
Winter Wonderlanes premieres Friday, October 23, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel. It can be obtainable to stream on Hallmark+ starting Saturday, October 24.
Hallmark has additionally scheduled these extra airings:
- Saturday, October 24, at 6/5c
- Sunday, November 1, at 2/1c
- Wednesday, November 4, at 8/7c
- Tuesday, November 24, at 8 AM/7 AM c
The film is a part of Hallmark Channel’s 2026 Countdown to Christmas lineup. You can check out the full schedule here.
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