Get your head within the recreation as a result of Hallmark Channel has lastly launched the primary have a look at Vacation Landing: A Chiefs Love Story — and sure, there’s a Taylor Swift nod.
“For the primary time ever, Hallmark and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs depart all of it on the sector,” the community teased within the first trailer, which dropped on Thursday, September 5, previewing the upcoming “Countdown to Christmas” film.
Within the trailer, Tyler Hynes and Hunter King, who play Derrick and Alana, respectively, take within the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium with none followers in sight. The empty venue leaves Alana speechless.
Hunter King and Tyler Hynes Hallmark Media
Elsewhere within the clip, the characters are again on the NFL stadium however this time they’re surrounded by hundreds of soccer followers. The pair are totally decked out in Chiefs gear, beanies, lanyards and letterman jackets.
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They adorably take two sweet canes with their palms and make a coronary heart. The gesture is harking back to Swift, 34, who famously makes hand hearts throughout each one among her concert events. (Many followers really feel that Swift’s love story with Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce is a part of the inspiration for Hallmark to workforce up with the NFL workforce on this mission.)
Hunter King and Tyler Hynes ; inset: Taylor Swift Phillip Faraone/Getty Photos ; Inset: Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Photos
Whereas Swift doesn’t seem within the trailer — neither is she a part of the film in any manner — her boyfriend’s mother, Donna Kelce, makes a cameo. Followers get the primary have a look at Donna’s half within the teaser when she briefly pops up on display screen.
Donna is sporting her son Travis’ jersey within the scene and a nameplate that reads, “Donna. Supervisor,” hinting that she runs one of many Chiefs eating places within the stadium.
Within the closing seconds of the trailer, Megyn Value, who performs one among Alana’s kin, holds up a digital camera to seize Alana and Derrick in a VIP field. “How ‘bout these …” she says earlier than the couple responds, “Chiefs!” and smile for the digital camera.
Richard Riehle, Christine Ebersole and Donna Kelce Hallmark Media
Hallmark beforehand introduced that the football-meets-Christmas film will comply with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs superfan Alana (King) on her quest to win the workforce’s “Fan of the 12 months” contest. Derrick (Hynes) is the director of fan engagement for the workforce and is tasked with seeing how Alana and her household “stack up towards the 2 different finalists.”
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“Because the pair spends time collectively, it’s clear there’s a spark between them,” the synopsis reads. “However when her grandfather’s (Ed Begley Jr.) classic Chiefs, good luck winter hat goes lacking, Alana begins to doubt all the pieces she believed about destiny, future and even questions her future with Derrick — until, that’s, somewhat Christmas magic can throw a Hail Mary.”
Hynes and King reunited in Kansas Metropolis on Thursday to announce their movie will premiere on Hallmark Channel Saturday, November 30. The twosome hosted “The World’s Largest Tailgate: Tailgate Video games” previous to the Chiefs’ first recreation of the 2024 season that night.
The celebration included Hallmark’s “Star Cam,” which is a twist on the “Kiss Cam,” and matches followers within the crowd to their very own Hallmark vacation superlatives. For these coming to the Chiefs’ Friday, November 29, residence recreation they’ll get a Chiefs x Hallmark Channel themed pennant to mark the film’s premiere that weekend.
Vacation Landing: A Chiefs Love Story premieres on Hallmark Channel Saturday, November 30, at 8 p.m. ET.
