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Hallmarks Mahogany Brand Is Bringing Unthinkably Good Things to a Screen Near You

What used to be the ‘Unthinkably Good Things’ filming location? Learn extra about the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film from the Mahogany brand.

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Karen Pittman and Luca Seta in 'Unthinkably Good Things'

You might know Mahogany as a Hallmark offshoot with greeting playing cards tailored for Black consumers, and now the brand is extending to the small screen. Unthinkably Good Things, Hallmark’s first TV movie underneath the Mahogany banner, premieres this night, Sunday, Aug. 28, at 9 p.m. ET. (And just wait until you see the filming locations!)

“Mahogany is a beloved brand via thousands and thousands of customers around the world, and we are overjoyed to convey the brand to life on screen with this first new movie,” Toni Judkins, Crown Media’s senior vice president of programming construction, informed Variety this March. “We are committed to telling stunning, emotionally rich, authentic tales that display Black ladies experiencing the joys of love through romance, sisterhood, and community.”

‘Unthinkably Good Things’ follows 3 ladies as they “relish the importance of friendship” in Tuscany.

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Erica Ash, Karen Pittman, and Joyful Drake in 'Unthinkably Good Things'

The film evolves round 3 women and their quality bonding time in Italy, as a synopsis explains: “At a crossroads in her occupation and private life, Allison is wanting the love and reinforce of her two closest friends Melina and Reesa. When they discuss with her in Tuscany, the reunion reasons every woman to reexamine the state of her personal life and relationships. While they have different personalities and perspectives, they know every other’s truths and assist to make life-changing choices.”

Allison, for starters, has been enjoying a fling with Nico, her handsome Italian beau, but isn’t certain if she needs to commit to him since her time in Italy is short and she or he has a promotion to paintings toward. Melina, in the meantime, is newly recovered from a tricky illness thinking of making probably the most on her second rent on existence with a captivating chef named Lucas. And Reesa is emotionally adrift and hoping to find readability round her marriage to husband Andre.

“Between the good wine, delicious food, a healthy serving of romance and the beautiful scenery of Tuscany, the 3 girls relish in the significance of friendship and inspire every different to make this subsequent season the most efficient one yet,” the synopsis provides.

‘The Morning Show’ big name Karen Pittman leads the forged.

Karen Pittman, who stars as Mia Jordan from The Morning Show and has also recurred on Yellowstone and And Just Like That… recently, performs Allison in Unthinkably Good Things. “[The film is] very a lot about falling in love together with your life, no longer simply falling in love along with your romantic spouse,” Karen instructed TV Insider just lately.

Joyful Drake of Let’s Stay Together and Hush status plays Melina in the film, and Erica Ash of MADtv and Survivor’s Remorse performs Reesa.

The menfolk of the movie, meanwhile, includes Luca Seta (Love & Gelato) as Nico, Jermaine Love (Rogue Warfare) as Lucas, and Lance Gross (House of Payne) as Andre.

The movie filmed on location in Italy.

Like us, you may well be accustomed to cable TV films making an attempt to move off Canadian filming locations as settings all over the world. But Unthinkably Good Things actually filmed totally on location in Italy, as Hallmark Movies & Mysteries says in a press unencumber. Joyful posted Instagram photos of herself on set in the Italian towns of Frascati and Viterbo in March and April of this yr.

Terri J. Vaughn, an actress you might recognize from the sitcoms The Steve Harvey Show, All of Us, and Meet the Browns, directed Unthinkably Good Things. And screenwriter Cas Sigers-Beedles (Girlfriends’ Getaway, Sugar Plum Twist) penned the script.

Unthinkably Good Things premieres Sunday, Aug. 28, at Nine p.m. ET on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

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Merlyn Hunt

Update: 2024-06-02