Hallmark Announces 'Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story' Cast

Hallmark Channel has released the full cast for its upcoming holiday romance film "Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story," the third installment in the Holiday Touchdown series produced with the NFL and Skydance Sports. The movie, which wrapped filming in late July around Chicago—including Soldier Field and the Bears’ Halas Hall headquarters—stars Lyndsey Fonseca and Robert Buckley in the lead roles. Supporting actors include Marsha Mason, Barbara Alyn Woods and Khary Payton, while cameo appearances feature Tamera Mowry‑Housley, Marilu Henner, Chicago‑area actors Jake Connelly and Dyon "Mojo" Brooks, Bears head coach Ben Johnson, current players Cole Kmet and Colston Loveland, and former stars Mike Singletary, Charles "Peanut" Tillman, Dan Hampton, as well as Connie Payton, the wife of Walter Payton.

The film incorporates the Bears’ charitable arm, Bears Care, which is also sponsoring an auction for walk‑on roles. A Chicago Bears Santa ornament will be sold by Hallmark. The movie is slated to premiere this fall as part of Hallmark’s annual "Countdown to Christmas" lineup.