Tyler Hynes Says His New Hallmark Christmas Movie Is His “Worst Version” Of Back To The Future and Groundhog Day Heroes
Tyler Hynes is tapping into classics Back to the Future and Groundhog Day in his upcoming Christmas movie The Nights Before Christmas.
During Hallmark Channel’s 25th birthday red carpet, Hynes revealed the concept was partly inspired by his love for Michael J. Fox and Andie MacDowell. “This was my way to pay homage to both of them in a single movie,” Hynes said. “What can I tell you about it is that I am the worst version of both of those people.”
Despite poking fun at his own performance, Hynes praised the crew for their work on the film. “It was a unique execution in terms of a production for these kinds of budgets,” he explained. “Everybody was very, very hardworking and very proud of the work they did.”
As for whether the movie will live up to expectations, Hynes is leaving that up to the Hallmark viewers. “Hopefully audiences enjoy or maybe it sucks. We'll find out,” he joked.
Hynes also revealed he and his partners took a piece of the production home with them. “There's a painting that there's three different iterations of,” he shared. “One of them I painted. My producing partner and my writer and myself, each one of us, stole one of those paintings.”
The Nights Before Christmas is scheduled to be release during the 2026 Countdown to Christmas season.
