Stars desperate to work together again: James Denton and Teri Hatcher to star in Hallmark movie

Desperate Housewives reunion! Teri Hatcher and James Denton are cast in Hallmark’s A Kiss Before Christmas… nine years after their TV show ended


Two stars from the hit TV show Desperate Housewives will appear onscreen together once more.

James Denton, 58, and Teri Hatcher, 56, have starring roles in the upcoming Hallmark holiday film A Kiss Before Christmas. 

They will play married couple Joyce and Ethan in the movie that is set for release this holiday season.  

Santa sweet: James Denton, 58, and Teri Hatcher, 56, have starring roles in the upcoming Hallmark holiday film A Kiss Before Christmas

Two stars from the hit TV show Desperate Housewives will appear onscreen together once more. James Denton, 58, and Teri Hatcher, 56, have starring roles in the upcoming Hallmark holiday film A Kiss Before Christmas 

They have a past: The beauty and the handsome actor seen on Desperate Housewives in 2004

They have a past: The beauty and the handsome actor seen on Desperate Housewives in 2004 

The film will follow Ethan after he makes a wish for his life to be different. 

He wakes up the next morning and finds he is no longer married, his kids are gone and he is the CEO of a large corporation. 

The pair previously played Mike Delfino and Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives which ran from 2004 to 2012. 

Their characters got married during season three of the show.   

A wish for something different: The film will follow James Denton's character Ethan after he makes a wish for his life to be different

A wish for something different: The film will follow James Denton’s character Ethan after he makes a wish for his life to be different

Desperately married: James Denton and Teri Hatcher's characters got married during the third season of Desperate Housewives

Desperately married: James Denton and Teri Hatcher’s characters got married during the third season of Desperate Housewives

The actors have worked consistently over the years. Denton had a main role in the comedy-drama series Good Witch. 

He played Dr. Sam Radford in 75 episodes in the show that ran for seven seasons. 

Hatcher, on the other hand, hasn’t had a starring role in many series, but she has consistently gotten roles in movies since Desperate Housewives went off the air. 

Most recently, she starred in the 2019 film Madness in the Method which is a crime-comedy centered around actor Jason Mewes as he takes on method acting to get more respect in Hollywood.  

Still working: Hatcher and Denton have worked consistently over the years with Denton taking a starring role on Good Witch and Hatcher appearing in several movies over the year

Still working: Hatcher and Denton have worked consistently over the years with Denton taking a starring role on Good Witch and Hatcher appearing in several movies over the year

Both actors have also been raising families as well. 

Denton married his wife Erin O’Brien Denton in 2002. The couple has 18-year-old Sheppard and 16-year-old Malin. 

As for Hatcher, she married twice, once to Marcus Leithold from 1988 to 1989 and once to Jon Tenney 1994 to 2003.  

She shares her daughter Emerson, 23, with her second husband.   

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