EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Buffalo Bills will host a parade in East Aurora for the premiere of the team's Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, "Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story."
The parade is scheduled to take place on November 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The movie cast and players will "parade" from a VIP reception to the Aurora Theatre for the premiere via Pine and Main Streets. The movie will then premiere on the Hallmark Channel on November 22.
The Bills, NFL, Skydance Sports and Hallmark Media announced in March that they were working on "Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story."
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In May, filming began and we learned that the movie will feature several current players and legendary alumni including:
- Head coach Sean McDermott
- Running back Ray Davis
- Safety Damar Hamlin
- Offensive tackle Dion Dawkins
- Tight end Dawson Knox
- Long snapper Reid Ferguson
- Defensive tackle DeWayne Carter
- Wide receiver Joshua Palmer
- Former Quarterback Jim Kelly and his former teammates Steve Tasker, Thurman Thomas, Scott Norwood and Andre Reed
- Bills play-by-play announcer Chris Brown
Holland Roden, Matthew Daddario, Tracy Pollan, Caroline Aaron, Steve Schirripa, and Patti Murin will also be featured in the movie.
All of the filming took place in and around Buffalo, including Highmark Stadium.
In June, we went behind the scenes as filming was taking place on Main Street in East Aurora.
In July, the official trailer for the movie was released. You can watch it here.
Some of the stars of the movie experienced their first Highmark Stadium tailgate earlier this season.
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