On Monday, December 11, A&E will premiere Wedding Wars, a two-hour original movie staring John Stamos, Eric Dane, and James Brolin. What sets this romantic comedy apart from the usual fare is the focus on same-sex marriage.
Love and family get confused with politics and marriage rights when Shel, a gay wedding planner (Stamos), agrees to lend his services to his brother Ben (Dane) and Maggie (Bonnie Sommerville), who is the daughter of the Governor (Brolin). After the Governor comes out against gay marriage, in a speech written by Ben, Shel goes on strike. His actions ultimately fuel a nation-wide protest by gays for the right to marry. Sean Maher and Rosemary Dunsmore also co-star.
While focusing on the politically charged topic, at its heart Wedding Wars is a romantic comedy exploring the relationships of Ben and Maggie and Shel and his partner, Ted, as well as the relationship of the two brothers.
John Stamos has been heating up the small screen on ER this season, playing Tony Gates, a gulf-war veteran and paramedic turned intern. Before that, he appeared in Jake in Progress and Full House. He also has numerous producing credits including Jake in Progress, the ABC miniseries Beach Boys: An American Family, which received an Emmy nomination, and the made for TV movie Martin & Lewis.
When not acting or producing for television, Stamos has appeared on Broadway in Nine, Cabaret, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He has also served as an occasional drummer with the Beach Boys for more than 20 years.
Eric Dane, Grey's Anatomy's Dr. McSteamy, previously appeared in the television show Charmed as well as the made for TV movies Serving In Silence and Helter Skelter. He's also appeared on the big screen in The Basket, Open Water 2, and X-Men: The Last Stand. 
Article comments
1 - Thatguy
Stamos always seemed gay to me... it surely signifies the end of the world as we know it.
2 - loo
First of all Stamos is not gay!!!! Secondly what does your other ignorant comment mean??
3 - Viewer420
Sorry, but being a straight man with many gay friends for years, I must say none of the main cast portrayed being gay without it being overly obvious they were acting. Are there no gay actors to play gay parts? Or is it that film makers are afraid to actually use gay's for fear of being seen as gay? The background cast was probably actually gay, or at least they did a great job of playing it. But that is just one humble opinion.......
4 - Tiffany
I Loved how they gays fought for their rights.
5 - Jamie
This movie was pretty cheesy. I only watched it to see John Stamos play a gay man as I've always thought John was a sexy man and being gay myself, I knew I'd enjoy seeing him play the part. Other than John, the rest of the movie was badly written and filled with a equally cheesy soundtrack.
6 - Connie Phillips
It has been well documented that the movie, by design, came from a romantic comedy POV.
They didn't want it to be overly dramatic or high-tension, they were going for light and fun -- with a message -- and to that extent I think they succeeded.
Stamos was wonderful, in my opinion. I've also always been a big James Brolin fan and thought he handled his part very well.
7 - Jenny
It was all ok until the last song at the reception "Ben" Michael Jackson's song about a rat, good heavens, I know the movie was meant in good taste but I just found the song too corny and too easy, if they worked a bit harder they could've found another song.