If you’re ready to shake off the winter blues and crank things up a touch, you’ll be pleased to know that Hallmark has got your back. This month, Hallmark Channel is serving up a dash of romance for the spring season, which should help banish those long cold months.
This ‘touch of romance’ arrives via the new movie, Shifting Gears. The film – which stars Tyler Hynes, Katherine Barrell, and James Burke – will make its debut very shortly, as part of Hallmark’s ‘Spring into Love’ programming block, and follows the story of a mechanic who begins to fall for her ex boyfriend.
Describing the new movie, Hallmark said: “Motor City mechanic Jess Barro (Barrell) and her father Ray (James Burke) run their family-owned automotive garage but money’s getting tight thanks to competition from a big auto repair shop chain in town. Her passion is auto restoration and when Jess gets the chance to compete on an auto restoration show, she reluctantly agrees as the prize money would go a long way toward keeping their shop afloat.
“She’s shocked to discover one of the competitors is Luke (Hynes), her ex-boyfriend and the son of her dad’s former business partner who cut him out, leading Jess to break things off with Luke. The show’s participants face off in a series of increasingly difficult challenges to showcase their personal style leading to the final round of repainting a classic car.
“As the competition revs up, Jess and Luke’s personal rivalry becomes a big hit with the audience and producers alike. After a few misfires, they work through their former relationship and start to bond again over their shared love of classic cars.
“As they speed toward the finish line, Luke has a disastrous painting mishap that threatens to ruin Jess’ chances of winning. And when she learns his dad plans to buy her family’s garage, she suspects the painting disaster was sabotage rather than an accident.
“Will their relationship break down again and be beyond repair, or will they be able to restore it and jump start their romance once again?”
Shifting Gears is a Muse Entertainment production, with Shane Boucher and Caitlin Delaney as producer, and Jeff Aghassi as consulting producer. Joel S. Rice, Aren Prupas, Jonas Prupas, Jessica Harmon and Linda-Lisa Hayter are executive producers, and Michael Barbuto is supervising producer.
The movie is directed by Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe from a script by Matt Marx. Shifting Gears marks Lowe’s directorial debut, and also marks the first director to take part in Hallmark’s new directors’ program, ‘Make Her Mark‘.
Hallmark Media’s Make Her Mark Women’s Directing Program is an on-the-job mentorship
initiative designed to advance Hallmark’s commitment to inclusive storytelling by supporting and increasing representation of women behind the camera. The program was conceived and founded by long-time Hallmark Media on- and off-air talent and creative partner, Ashley Williams in collaboration with Hallmark Media executives.
Should you wish to check out Shifting Gears, the new movie makes its debut in the US on Saturday March 23rd. The film will air on Hallmark Channel at 8pm ET/PT.
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