Hallmark Channel will premiere All’s Fair in Love & Mahjong on Saturday, May 9, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, with the film streaming the following day on Hallmark+. The movie brings together one of the most recognizable casts the network has assembled in recent memory, leaning into the real-life mahjong renaissance sweeping the country and pairing it with a Hallmark original set you can actually buy.
The film centers on Ronni, a school nurse and devoted mom played by Fiona Gubelmann, best known to audiences from The Good Doctor. Ronni’s life gets upended all at once: her daughter heads off to college, her work hours get cut, and her ex-husband is pushing to sell the family home she has poured everything into. In the middle of all that upheaval, Ronni discovers she has a genuine gift for teaching mahjong, and that talent leads her to Ben, a contractor played by Paul Campbell, whose family is doing some healing of its own.
The story is anchored by the longstanding mahjong game Ronni plays with her closest friends. Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe plays Shelley, Tamera Mowry-Housley plays Carly, and Melissa Peterman plays Melissa. If that lineup of names sounds like a Hallmark fan’s wish list, that is essentially what it is.
Fiona Gubelmann made her Hallmark debut with A Royal Montana Christmas and has built a following fast. Paul Campbell is one of the network’s most consistent leads, recently seen in Falling Together and the holiday staple Three Wisest Men. Crystal Lowe brings years of Hallmark history to the table, most notably from the beloved Signed, Sealed, Delivered franchise. Melissa Peterman comes in fresh off Happy’s Place alongside Reba McEntire. Tamera Mowry-Housley, who has been a fixture across both Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, rounds out the group.
This is not a cast assembled at random. Five recognizable faces, a tight ensemble dynamic built around a game night premise, and a story about women holding each other up through real-life chaos. Hallmark knows exactly what it is doing here.
Hallmark partnered with Miss Mahjong to create a co-branded Mahjong Tiles, Mat, and Tile Storage Gift Set that appears in the film itself. The set is called the Miss Heirloom and draws on Hallmark’s own archival design history, including the brand’s longest-standing pansy card design. It is built to be used at the table, not displayed on a shelf.
The set will be available for purchase in early May at Hallmark.com and MissMahjong.com. Having a real product tied to a movie premiere is a smart move for Hallmark. It gives fans a tangible way to participate in the story, and it positions this particular film as something more than a one-night viewing event.
All’s Fair in Love & Mahjong is a Muse Entertainment production. Joel S. Rice and Aren Prupas serve as executive producers, with Allen Lewis as supervising producer and Ronni Rice as consulting producer. Charles Cooper produced the film. Jessica Harmon directed from a screenplay by Betsy Morris and Nina Weinman, based on a story by Morris.
Hallmark has done the ensemble friend-group movie before, but rarely with a cast this stacked all at once. The mahjong angle is not a gimmick here. The game is genuinely having a cultural moment across the United States, particularly among women who are rediscovering it as a social ritual rather than just a pastime. Tying that real-world trend to a story about a woman rebuilding her identity after her kids leave and her life reshuffles gives the film something to say beyond the romance. The Miss Heirloom set partnership adds another layer of intentionality that feels different from the standard movie merchandise play. This one is worth carving out the night for.
All’s Fair in Love & Mahjong Is Hallmark Channel’s May 9 Movie and It Comes with a Real Mahjong Set
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