A Princess for Christmas or A Christmas Princess in the UK (previously Christmas at Castlebury Hall and A Princess for Castlebury) is an upcoming Hallmark Channel

Hallmark Channel

The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...

 original comedy-drama film by Michael Damian

Michael Damian

Michael Damian Weir is a long-time American actor, Billboard #1 recording artist and producer, known mainly for his role as singer Danny Romalotti on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, which he played from 1980 to 1998.-Career:Damian made his feature film debut as an actor in the Garry...

. The film is to air on December 3.

Plot

At the invitation of an estranged relative, Jules Daly (Katie McGrath

Katie McGrath

Katherine Elizabeth McGrath is an Irish actress from Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland, best known for playing Morgana in the BBC One TV series Merlin.-Background:McGrath graduated in History at the Trinity College, Dublin...

) travels with her niece Maddie (Leilah de Meza) and nephew Milo (Travis Turner) to a castle in Europe for Christmas where she unwittingly falls for the dashing Ashton, the prince of Castlebury (Sam Heughan

Sam Heughan

Sam Heughan was born in New Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1980. He is an actor who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow....

).

Cast

• Roger Moore
  Roger Moore
  Sir Roger George Moore KBE , is an English actor, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He also portrayed Simon Templar in the long-running British television series The Saint.-Early life:Moore was born in Stockwell, London...
  
   as Edward Duke of Castlebury
• Katie McGrath
  Katie McGrath
  Katherine Elizabeth McGrath is an Irish actress from Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland, best known for playing Morgana in the BBC One TV series Merlin.-Background:McGrath graduated in History at the Trinity College, Dublin...
  
   as Jules Daly
• Sam Heughan
  Sam Heughan
  Sam Heughan was born in New Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1980. He is an actor who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow....
  
   as Ashton Prince of Castlebury
• Charlotte Salt
  Charlotte Salt
  Charlotte Salt is an English actress. She attended St Dominic's Priory School ....
  
   as Lady Arabella Marchand du Belmont
• Leilah de Meza as Maddie Huntington
• Travis Turner as Milo Huntington

Production

In August 2008, writer and director Michael Damian

Michael Damian

Michael Damian Weir is a long-time American actor, Billboard #1 recording artist and producer, known mainly for his role as singer Danny Romalotti on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, which he played from 1980 to 1998.-Career:Damian made his feature film debut as an actor in the Garry...

 told OK Magazine that he was "working on a screenplay called Christmas At Castlebury Hall".
The film was shot at Peleş Castle

Peles Castle

Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914...

, Stirbei Castle, the Bragadiru Palace and at MediaPro Studios

MediaPro Studios

MediaPro Studios in Romania is Eastern Europe's largest and longest established film studios with a tradition in cinema spanning over 60 years. It provides full production services for the international film and TV industry. The complex is located in the town of Buftea, some 20 kilometers...

 in Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 February and March 2011. The film's cinematographer is Viorel Sergovici.
On July 16, Michael Damian

Michael Damian

Michael Damian Weir is a long-time American actor, Billboard #1 recording artist and producer, known mainly for his role as singer Danny Romalotti on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, which he played from 1980 to 1998.-Career:Damian made his feature film debut as an actor in the Garry...

announced the film's new name: A Princess for Christmas.