Katie Leclerc(Switched at Birth) andRyan Carnes(General Hospital) have wrapped the Door County, Wisconsin shoot forA Cherry Pie Christmas(wt), a new holiday indie written and directed by John Stimpson of H9 Films.
Pic tells the story of an ambitious pastry chef who returns to her small-town roots in Door County, and, over the holidays, needs to decide between her career dreams and her familys struggling orchard business.
The project reunites Stimpson and Leclerc following their work together on several other recent holiday romantic comedies, includingA Very Vermont Christmas,Letters to Santa, andA Cape Cod Christmas.
Katie Leclerc, Ryan CarnesBrent Bailey/Cedric Terrell
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Producers include Mark Donadio and Miriam Marcus of Moody Independent, as well as Staci Griesbach, a Wisconsin native, and Leclerc.
Destination Door County, Travel Wisconsin, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation were all cited as key supporters of the production.
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Said Stimpson, Door County is the perfect setting for the film with its local traditions and beautiful scenery, rich agricultural history with cherries, commercial fishing, and dairy farming.
Together with the importance of family, all of these elements are integral storylines in the film and are also authentic to the Door County community.
Everyone throughout the state has been so helpful in getting this off the ground, its been a real pleasure to shoot in Wisconsin.
Leclerc is repped by Alchemy Entertainment and Meyer & Downs; Carnes by Eris Talent Agency, Zero Gravity Management, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
