Kathryn Morris UK

Murder, She Wrote: A Story To Die For – Thursday ITV3

In the run-up to Xmas the UK-based TV channel ITV3 are filling up their daytime schedule with lots of family friendly films.

For four days, starting at 10:35am from Monday (17th December 2012), ITV3 are showing all four of the Murder, She Wrote TV movies that were made after the TV series ended. A Story To Die For was the second of the four films but for some reason it is being shown last on the Thursday (20th December 2012). They’ve muddled up the order completely! How difficult would it have been to play them chronologically?

A Story To Die For sees Kathryn playing Patricia Williams, the assistant to an old writing friend of Jessica Fletcher and an aspiring writer herself. Patricia gets embroiled in the case of the murder of an ex-KGB author at a speakers conference.

The promo photo shown above is now in the Gallery. Thanks to Kathy for passing it along.

Kathryn’s Behind Behind The Scences Of The Sweeter Side Of Life!

In classic panto fashion: She’s Behind You!

Director/co-writer/co-producer on The Sweeter Side Of Life, Michael Damian, sent a Tweet this morning (UK time, 12 December 2012) with the above photo. He was mixing the audio for the film in LA.

As you can see, the screen behind Michael is playing the movie and we can Kathryn in a scene in the bakery. The t-shirt she is wearing is the one we saw in a previous on set photo.

The photo is now in the Gallery.

Many thanks to Michael for sharing this with everyone.

The Coin – A Synopsis

Someone at the LATF.com website very kindly contacted KM UK via Twitter linking to an article they have posted about the short film The Coin.

The piece by Pamela Price gives us the first indication we’ve seen of the plot of the 9 minute long movie. The LATF writer says that The Coin is a “must see” and the cinematography is “captivating”. We certainly look forward to seeing it.

Kathryn’s role is initially described thus:

Kathryn Morris (Cold Case) portrays an indignant mother who radiates negativity onto her cherubic young son (Jack Ryan Shepherd).

Pamela goes on to give a synopsis of the plot that involves the boy being left outside a shop and meeting a homeless man played by Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future). Mention is made of the upcoming film festival season with the likes of Sundance and the Palm Springs International Film Festival due soon. Sundance has already announced their short film selection and The Coin was not on the list. KM UK’s understands that it was not submitted.

You can read Pamela’s article in full on the LATF.com website.

Thanks to the LATF Tweeter for the link.

The Sweeter Side Of Life – 19th January 2013

The Hallmark Channel has issued a press release announcing the forthcoming début of the movie The Sweeter Side Of Life.

As predicted in the earlier post it will be first broadcast in January of 2013. Now we know that it will the 19th, which is a Saturday, to be precise.

As you can see on the right Hallmark also issued a ~~small~~ promotional photo of Kathryn as her character Desiree Harper posing with a slice of cake. As if the picture needs any more sweetness 😀

The photo is in the Gallery and you can read the press release in full below.

We’ll bring you more on this when we get it.

Many thanks to LK for the heads-up.

Update (18 December 2012): Photo replaced by larger version.

December 10, 2012

‘COLD CASE’ STAR KATHRYN MORRIS GOES FROM PAMPERED TO PASTRIES IN ‘THE SWEETER SIDE OF LIFE,’ A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE WORLD PREMIERE JANUARY 19

Kathryn Morris (“Cold Case”) stars as a Manhattan housewife who gets an unexpected reality check in “The Sweeter Side of Life,” a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere Saturday, January 19 (9p.m. ET/PT, 8C). Morris stars with James Best (“The Dukes of Hazzard”), Alastair MacKenzie (“Monarch of the Glen”), Steve Varnom (“Broadside”) and Sam Douglas (“Snatch”) as a New York City socialite who loses everything after she’s dumped by her wealthy husband and is forced to redefine herself at her father’s struggling New Jersey bakery.

In “The Sweeter Side of Life,” Morris plays Desiree Harper, whose perfect life as the wife of a high-powered Manhattan doctor comes to a sudden end when her husband says he wants a divorce and invokes their ironclad pre-nup to leave her penniless. Desiree soon finds herself abandoned by her rich friends and back in her New Jersey hometown helping her father in his struggling bakery. Though Desiree wants nothing more than to return to her high-class life, spending time with her father causes her to see things differently. She rediscovers her love of baking and puts her business degree to work to save her father’s shop. Desiree’s success at the bakery leads to an unexpected opportunity which forces her to choose between what she has lost and the new life she has found.

“The Sweeter Side of Life” is a Motion Picture Corporation of America production. Brad Krevoy, Francisco Gonzalez and Reuben Liber are executive producers. Michael Damian and Janeen Damian are producers. Michael Damian directed from the script he co-wrote with Janeen Damian.

Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming available in high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) to a national audience of nearly 87 million subscribers. Hallmark Channel is the nation’s leading destination for quality family programming with an ambitious slate of original TV movies and specials, as well as some of television’s most beloved sitcoms and series, including The Golden Girls, Frasier, Little House on the Prairie, and The Waltons. The channel is also home to a diverse range of lifestyle programming, including the newly-launched Home & Family, a daily two-hour live show shot in a fully functional house located on the Universal Studios lot and Marie, a one-hour talk show hosted by iconic entertainer, Marie Osmond. Hallmark Channel’s sibling network, Hallmark Movie Channel, also available in HD and SD, focuses on family-friendly movies with a mix of classic theatrical films, presentations from the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame library, original Hallmark Channel movies, and special events.

The Sweeter A-Side Of Life

Recently Michael Damien, co-writer/producer/director of Kathryn’s upcoming movie The Sweeter Side Of Life, has made several references to the film’s soundtrack.

It seems that the soundtrack could be released alongside the film and that Michael himself will be singing on it. He has recorded a song called Rock My Heart. As well as acting in the long-running soap opera The Young And The Restless Michael has had a lot of success as a singer. He is most associated with a cover of the David Essex song Rock On, later covered by Def Leppard amongst others.

Earlier today (UK time) composer/musician/singer/producer (does no one have just one job title these days?) John Khula released a different track made for The Sweeter Side Of Life.

The song is called Love Is Dancin’ and can be heard on the Reverbnation website. It’s a 3 minute long up-beat ditty, much as you would expect from such a film. Let us know what you think in the comments below.

One other piece of information to come from this is that the film could well be set for a January 2013 release.

The Sweeter Side Of Life stars Kathryn as Desiree, a newly divorced woman who returns penniless to her home town and starts working in her father’s bakery. James Best (The Dukes Of Hazzard) co-stars.