NAOMI JUDD AND DANIELLE PANABAKER TO STAR IN HALLMARK CHANNEL'S "THE NEARLYWEDS"

Hallmark Channel announces country music superstar Naomi Judd and the star of "Piranha 3DD" Danielle Panabaker are set to star in the Hallmark Channel Original Movie, "THE NEARLYWEDS," which premieres Saturday, January 12 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8C). The movie which begins production tomorrow in Vancouver is a romantic comedy about three couples who will discover the pastor who married them died without signing their wedding licenses; therefore, the couples are not newlyweds, but NEARLYWEDS. Now, with the pressures of marriage all around, each couple will decide whether to make the long walk down the aisle...or walk out the door and start over. Travis Milne ("Rookie Blue") stars as one of the nearly wed husbands, Nick. Danielle Panabaker plays newlywed Erin who is married to David. Naomi plays David's "Monster-In-Law"-type mother Renee. To complicate the new couple's life, David has invited his overly dramatic mother Renee to live with them while her home is being remodeled. While Renee likes being number one in her son's life, she also gets a chance to see how miserable he would be without Erin.

Movie stars Danielle Panabaker (Piranha 3DD, The Shunning), Travis Milne ("Rookie Blue") and Naomi Judd

Written by Aury Wallington

Based on the novel Nearlyweds by Beth Kendrick

Executive Producers Bill Greenblatt and Kat Green

Produced by Jamie Goehring