Gigi Jackman has booked a role in Hallmark’s “Welcome Home Warrior“.
A widow of a war hero takes in an injured soldier that has just returned from Afghanistan. Together they help each other heal and find true love.
Welcome Home Warrior stars Julie Benz (Dexter, Training Day) as a military widow who has all but lost her Christmas spirit. Things begin to change after she rents out an apartment to an injured Army Captain. His infectious passion for the holiday inspires her to rediscover how magical the Christmas season really is. Despite them each suffering for different reasons, they team up to save the town’s military museum and find their own healing along the way.
Welcome Home Warrior is directed by Paul A. Kaufman and will continue filming in Vancouver, BC until August 26th. It will premiere on “Hallmark Movies and Mysteries” during their Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas series this year.
Writers: Todd Messegee, Lisa Nanni-Messegee
Stars: Julie Benz, Michael Shanks, Jordana Largy