{"id":3583,"date":"2013-04-22T06:04:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T10:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=3583"},"modified":"2013-04-22T06:04:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T10:04:37","slug":"space-warriors-to-land-on-hallmark-channel-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/04\/space-warriors-to-land-on-hallmark-channel-in-may.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Space Warriors&#8221; to land on Hallmark Channel in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hallmark Channel sets launch date for <em>Space Warriors<\/em>.<\/strong> The star-studded world-premiere entry of the weekly <em>Walden Family Theater<\/em> franchise will debut Friday, May 31st at 8:00 PM (ET). The stellar cast includes\u00a0Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (<em>Mighty Aphrodite, Romy and Michele\u2019s High School Reunion<\/em>), Danny Glover (<em>Lethal Weapon<\/em>, Fox TV&#8217;s <em>Touch<\/em>), Dermot Mulroney (<em>My Best Friends Wedding<\/em>, Fox TV&#8217;s <em>New Girl<\/em>), Josh Lucas (<em>J. Edgar, Sweet Home Alabama<\/em>) and Thomas Horn (<em>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1366361973449_2112\">Here&#8217;s the plot as described by the press release:\u00a0 <em>Jimmy Hawkins (Horn) has lived and breathed astrophysics his entire life and as a result, possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the field.\u00a0 So when the opportunity to compete and win a seat on the next space shuttle arises, he secretly applies despite his father\u2019s, retired NASA astronaut Capt. Andy Hawkins (Mulroney) and mother\u2019s (Sorvino), reservations.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1366361973449_2097\"><em>\u00a0When Jimmy secures the final spot to attend the special space camp at the Space &amp; Rocket Center, which is run by former astronaut Col. Roy Manley (Lucas), he joins an elite team of teens called The Warriors who must test their skills against a strong but devious opposition, The Titans.\u00a0 Just as the competition is coming to an end and The Warriors are feeling defeated, there is an urgent crisis aboard the International Space Station.\u00a0 High-ranking NASA official, Commander Phillips (Glover), has run out of options and it becomes clear that it will be up to these kids to solve the problem and save the lives of the astronauts and cosmonauts some 200 miles from Earth.\u00a0 Using their skills and abilities to work together as a team, The Warriors hatch a brilliant plan that just might save the day.<\/em><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P5eKntJuISM\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P5eKntJuISM<\/a>\n<p>Walden Family Theater, BTW,\u00a0 is a weekly showcase for high-quality family friendly films sponsored by Walmart and Procter &amp; Gamble. Think of it as <em>The Wonderful World of Disney<\/em> for a new generation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Hallmark Channel sets launch date for Space Warriors. The star-studded world-premiere entry of the weekly Walden Family Theater franchise will debut Friday, May 31st at 8:00 PM (ET). The stellar cast includes\u00a0Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite, Romy and Michele\u2019s High School Reunion),&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,24,31,1],"tags":[4008,35,4404,4406,4408,4409,4407,1445,4410,4104,4405,4015,4411,4413,4412,223],"class_list":["post-3583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-matters","category-movies","category-television","category-uncategorized","tag-walden-family-theater","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-academy-award-winner-mira-sorvino-mighty-aphrodite","tag-danny-glover-lethal-weapon","tag-dermot-mulroney-my-best-friends-wedding","tag-fox-tvs-new-girl","tag-fox-tvs-touch","tag-hallmark-channel","tag-josh-lucas-j-edgar","tag-procter-gamble","tag-romy-and-micheles-high-school-reunion","tag-space-warriors","tag-sweet-home-alabama","tag-the-wonderful-world-of-disney","tag-thomas-horn-extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close","tag-walmart"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Space Warriors&quot; to land on Hallmark Channel in May<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/04\/space-warriors-to-land-on-hallmark-channel-in-may.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Space Warriors&quot; to land on Hallmark Channel in May\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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