{"id":6232,"date":"2015-05-19T09:41:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T13:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=6232"},"modified":"2015-05-19T09:41:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T13:41:39","slug":"up-seeks-african-american-series-signed-gets-its-perfect-theme-hallmarks-beach-house-risen-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2015\/05\/up-seeks-african-american-series-signed-gets-its-perfect-theme-hallmarks-beach-house-risen-release-date.html","title":{"rendered":"UP seeks African-American series, &#8220;Signed&#8221; gets its perfect theme + Hallmark&#8217;s &#8220;Beach House&#8221; + &#8220;Risen&#8221; release date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1431769173701_10720\" class=\"yiv2474608963MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yiv7347449468\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1431769173701_10627\"><strong>UP TV\u00a0 is partnering with the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) on a new initiative c<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1431769173701_10691\">alled &#8220;UP Flips the Script to Series: Remixing the Development Pipeline.&#8221;<\/span> <\/strong>Designed to generate content as part of the network&#8217;s expansion of original scripted and unscripted series for multicultural audiences,<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1431769173701_10691\"> the new initiative replaces the successful five-year run of the UP Faith &amp; Family Screenplay Competition which generated five feature-length films for UP.<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1431769173701_10695\"> <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1431769173701_10732\">Content creators with unique and original series concepts that entertain and uplift are invited to submit ideas. Submissions must be received by 11:59 PM (ET) on Wednesday, May 27th. Submission details can be found at <\/span><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1431769173701_10751\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abff.com\/up-flips-the-script-to-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1431769173701_10753\">www.abff.com<\/span><\/a><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1431769173701_10755\">.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432025383824_8539\"><strong>Perfect together.<\/strong> Like a lost letter that his finally found its way to its intended recipient, Stevie Wonder classic hit <em>Signed, Sealed, Delivered<\/em> is now theme song of Martha Williamson&#8217;s enjoyable <em>Hallmark Movies &amp; Mysteries<\/em> series of the same name. <strong>The next movie installment of <em>Signed, Sealed, Delivered<\/em> airs Saturday, June 6th.<\/strong> <span id=\"yiv7347449468\">The episode, titled <\/span><em>From Paris With Love<\/em> guest stars\u00a0Poppy Montgomery (<em>Unforgettable<\/em>)\u00a0 as Holly, the estranged\u00a0 wife of lead postal detective Oliver (Eric Mabius).<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris with Love\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2RgHcg51QOI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the Stevie Wonder version of the promo, check the show&#8217;s Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/signedsealeddeliveredtv\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432025383824_3095\"><strong>Mary Alice Monroe\u2019s novel <em id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432025383824_3064\">The Beach House<\/em> is being adapted into a 2016 Hallmark Channel Original Movie<\/strong> starring and executive produced by three-time Golden Globe<strong><sup>&#8211;<\/sup><\/strong>nominee Andie MacDowell who currently heads the cast of Hallmark Channel\u2019s <em><span id=\"yiv0048332696\">Cedar Cove <\/span><\/em>which returns for season three on <span id=\"yiv0048332696\">Saturday, July 18.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming Attraction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432025383824_21739\"><strong><em>Risen<\/em> gets <span class=\"yiv6388409291s1\">Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 release date.<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"yiv6388409291s1\"> The film tells the<\/span><span class=\"yiv6388409291s1\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432025383824_21851\"> story of a top Roman official ordered to prove Jesus\u2019 resurrection was a hoax by finding His body. AFFIRM Films Senior V.P. Rich Peluso says \u201cChristians know it was no hoax. But seeing a doubter, a skeptic, unravel the mystery of Jesus\u2019 death and resurrection brings a new outsider\u2019s perspective to the Gospel\u2019s account of the most important event in human history.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432025383824_21739\"> <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432025383824_21816\" class=\"yiv6388409291s1\"><em><b>Risen <\/b><\/em>is produced by LD Entertainment and<\/span> distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment\u2019s TriStar Pictures in association with AFFIRM Films which is known for faith-and-family films such as<em> Soul Surfer, Courageous<\/em> and <em>When the Game Stands Tall<\/em>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"RISEN Official Trailer - In Theaters Now!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OcTVLfn5i8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote of the Day:<\/strong> <em>Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. &#8211; <\/em>Madeline Bridges<\/p>\n<p>And, as always,&#8230;<em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>John W. Kennedy (john@jwkmedia.com) is a writer\/media consultant.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. UP TV\u00a0 is partnering with the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) on a new initiative called &#8220;UP Flips the Script to Series: Remixing the Development Pipeline.&#8221; Designed to generate content as part of the network&#8217;s expansion of original scripted and unscripted series for multicultural&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,4235,1085,7192,24,25,31,1],"tags":[35,8420,3097,4970,6821,8425,1445,8422,8419,8417,8426,8423,8424,8421,8418,3995,6625,8427,5130],"class_list":["post-6232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-christianity","category-easter","category-forgiveness","category-freedom","category-movies","category-music","category-television","category-uncategorized","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-affirm-films-senior-v-p-rich-peluso","tag-american-black-film-festival-abff","tag-andie-macdowell","tag-eric-mabius","tag-from-paris-with-love","tag-hallmark-channel","tag-hallmark-channels-cedar-cove","tag-ld-entertainment","tag-madeline-bridges","tag-martha-williamsons-enjoyable-hallmark-movies-mysteries-series","tag-mary-alice-monroes-novel-the-beach-house","tag-poppy-montgomery-unforgettable","tag-risen","tag-sony-pictures-entertainments-tristar-pictures","tag-stevie-wonder","tag-up-faith-family-screenplay-competition","tag-up-flips-the-script-to-series-remixing-the-development-pipeline","tag-up-tv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UP seeks African-American series, &quot;Signed&quot; gets its perfect theme + Hallmark&#039;s &quot;Beach House&quot; + &quot;Risen&quot; release date<\/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\/2015\/05\/up-seeks-african-american-series-signed-gets-its-perfect-theme-hallmarks-beach-house-risen-release-date.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UP seeks African-American series, &quot;Signed&quot; gets its perfect theme + Hallmark&#039;s &quot;Beach House&quot; + &quot;Risen&quot; release date\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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