00:00Move over Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, a new Chiefs love story is headed to TV screens.
00:05The Kansas City Chiefs are teaming up with Hallmark Channel for a special holiday movie.
00:09The film, titled Holiday Touchdown, A Chiefs Love Story, will star Tyler Hines,
00:14Hunter King and Ed Begley Jr. It's set to begin filming next month in Kansas City, Missouri,
00:19the hometown of both the Super Bowl champion Chiefs and Hallmark. The production will use
00:23the city's Arrowhead Stadium as one of its filming locations, marking the first time
00:27an NFL venue has been featured in a Hallmark movie. The film sees King play Alana Higman,
00:32who is sure that her family's lifelong history as Chiefs superfans makes them a frontrunner to win
00:37the team's fan of the year contest. Hines will play Derek, the team's director of fan engagement,
00:42who is tasked with evaluating how Alana and her family stack up against the other two finalists.
00:47According to the film's description, as the pair spends time together,
00:50it's clear there's a spark between them. But when her grandfather, played by Begley Jr.,
00:54loses his vintage Chiefs good luck winter hat, Alana begins to doubt everything she
00:58believed about fate and destiny. She even questions her future with Derek,
01:02unless, that is, a little Christmas magic can throw a Hail Mary. Skydance Sports,
01:06a joint venture between Skydance Media and the NFL, is executive producing Holiday Touchdown.
01:11The movie will air as part of Hallmark's annual countdown to Christmas programming
01:14later in the year. For more on this story and all the latest news,
01:18go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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