Hallmark Original Movie WEDDING PLANNER MYSTERY to Debut 8/16

A young wedding planner is framed for a crime and struggles to clear her name as she learns that love does not always arrive in a pretty package in "Wedding Planner Mystery," a Hallmark Movie Channel Original World Premiere Saturday, August 16 (9pm ET/PT, 8C). Based on Deborah's Donnelly's novel Veiled Threats, "Wedding Planner Mystery" stars Erica Durance ("Smallville"), Andrew W. Walker ("When Calls the Heart") and Brandon Beemer ("The Bold and the Beautiful") along with Chelan Simmons ("Final Destination 3") and Rick Ravanello ("True Justice") in this suspense-filled, romantic mystery.

Carnegie Kincaid (Durance) is a wedding planner and a perfectionist - in both work and romance. When a murder occurs and a bride (Simmons) is kidnapped surrounding the wedding of a prominent family embroiled in a high profile fraud scandal, Carnegie becomes a suspect. She is questioned by police and pursued by shady news reporter Aaron Gold (Walker). To make matters more terrifying, Carnegie is pretty certain whoever is responsible for the crime is out to get rid of her. As she struggles to clear her name, Carnegie is hounded by a hard-boiled detective (Ravanello) and wooed by a handsome lawyer (Beemer). With her life exploding into a whirlwind mix of danger, mystery and romance, Carnegie begins to realize that love does not always arrive in a pretty package and that the perfect "Prince Charming" she's been waiting for may not have her best interests in mind.

"Wedding Planner Mystery" is a Reel One Entertainment Production. Tom Berry and Meyer Shwarzstein are the executive producers. Gilles Laplante is the producer. Ron Oliver directed from a script by Darcy Meyers. Based on the novel Veiled Threats by Deborah Donnelly.

Hallmark Movie Channel, the second linear channel from Crown Media Holdings, Inc., simulcast in SD (Standard Definition) and HD (High Definition), is a trusted family-friendly network devoted to quality storytelling. Available in 54 million homes and one of the fastest-growing cable TV networks, Hallmark Movie Channel is a 24-hour digital cable network dedicated to bringing viewers original movies with a mix of classic theatrical films, and presentations from the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame library. In today's crowded television landscape, the network offers viewers a diverse range of film genres, including mysteries, suspense, coming-of-age dramas, and epic fantasies.