Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s headline-generating romance appears to have inspired a Hallmark Channel movie. The feel-good network just announced that it’s teaming up with the Kansas City Chiefs for a football-themed holiday movie. Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story will star Tyler Hynes and Hunter King and premiere during 2024’s Countdown to Christmas.
Tyler Hynes and Hunter King star in ‘Holiday Touchdown’ for Hallmark Holiday Touchdown will star King as Alana Higman, who is sure that she and her family of Chiefs superfans are frontrunners to win the team’s “Fan of the Year” contest. Hynes will play Derrick, the Chiefs’ director of fan engagement. He’s tasked with evaluating how Alana and her family stack up against the other finalists.
As Alana and Derrick spend time together, it’s clear there’s a spark between them. But when her grandfather’s (Ed Begley Jr.) lucky Chiefs hat goes missing, Alana begins to question everything, including her future with Derrick.
Filming for the Hallmark Christmas movie will take place at Arrowhead Stadium Production on Holiday Touchdown begins in July in Kansas City, Missouri. Filming locations include the GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium . Hallmark’s corporate headquarters is also located in Kansas City.
“With Hallmark and the Kansas City Chiefs both homegrown, rooted in values, tradition, and community, there is a special alchemy between these two iconic organizations,” said Darren Abbott, chief brand o.