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Q: I’m a big fan of Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott from the Hallmark channel. Apparently, they’re going to star in a new mystery series and have starred together frequently. Are they married in real life? –Nancy S., via email
A: While Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott have an easy chemistry, off-screen they’re married to other people who aren’t in the industry. The duo just wrapped up filming “The Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For” for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel. Their past TV movies together for the original Hallmark channel were the recent “All of My Heart: The Wedding,” its prequel “All of My Heart: Inn Love” and “A Christmas Melody” (which also starred Mariah Carey). Look for “Puzzle” to air in 2019.
Winona Ryder (Depositphotos photo)
Q: Can you tell me what’s up with the next season of “Stranger Things”? I thought it was going to be back around Halloween. – Nancy T., via email
A: That was the original plan, and what we last reported on. However, Netflix recently announced that production is taking a little longer than anticipated, so we’ll have to wait until summer 2019 for season three.
In the meantime – and if you live near or will be traveling to either Orlando, Florida, or Singapore – you can experience the Upside Down firsthand … if you dare.
Universal Studios premiered its all-new “Stranger Things” maze (their term for haunted house) at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights 28. Made in concert with Netflix and the Duffer Brothers (the network even gave the creators the blueprints of set drawings to work from), the Universal creative team has beautifully replicated Hawkins, Ind. – complete with a tour through the Byers’ house (yes, the Christmas-light alphabet wall is there), the forest and, of course, the Upside Down.
There are Demogorgons around almost every corner, and the lookalike actors who play the “Stranger Things” characters are spot-on, especially the actress who played Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder’s character) the night we went to experience the haunted maze. Halloween Horror Nights runs on select nights through Nov. 3. This definitely is an experience die-hard fans shouldn’t miss.
Q: Is it true that “Veronica Mars” is coming back as a TV series and not just a movie? Will Kristen Bell be in it? – Jeffrey G., via email
A: Yes, thanks to Hulu, “Veronica Mars” is being resuscitated 11 years after it ended its run on The CW network. Kristen Bell recently confirmed the news via social media, so it appears she’s all in to reprise the title role. The reboot will consist of eight new episodes available in 2019 through the Hulu streaming service. Fans also will be able to watch all the original episodes as well as the 2014 movie on Hulu beginning the summer of 2019.
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