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Erin Krakow and Tyler Hynes are reunited — and ready to make viewers swoon!
Krakow, 41, and Hynes, 39, are teaming up for the first time since their beloved Hallmark movie It Was Always You premiered four years ago in 2021. In Christmas Above the Clouds, the pair reunite for a fresh take on A Christmas Carol, and PEOPLE has an exclusive clip ahead of the movie’s Saturday, Nov. 8 premiere on Hallmark Channel.
The film follows a work-obsessed CEO Ella Neezer (Krakow) as she attempts to avoid Christmas by flying to Australia. Instead, she’s “haunted by her past, present, and future” and “forced to confront the choices that led to her success yet left her flying solo. With the help of three quirky spirits and a surprise reunion with her ex (Hynes), she might just rediscover the magic of Christmas — and the love she thought she’d lost,” the official synopsis reads.
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In the exclusive clip, Ella returns to a romantic moment in her past in which she and her ex danced cheek to cheek at a Christmas party. As she watches the moment unfold, she asks her guide, “Are you sure you’re not the ghost of Christmas nostalgia?”
Ella continues, “You want me to think everything was better then than it actually was,” to which her guide responds, “This is what it was. No tricks.”
PEOPLE first announced Krakow and Hynes’ reunion in July, and shared the Hallmark stars’ responses to costarring in their second film together. “To quote the great poet Peaches & Herb… ‘Reunited and it feels so good,’ ” Hynes said at the time.
Krakow added, “Christmas Above the CLOUD NINE working with Tyler again! Ever since our 2021 Hallmark movie It Was Always You, we’ve been touched and overwhelmed by our viewers’ passionate pleas for a reunion project. We were thrilled to be able to reunite on this very special take on A Christmas Carol, and we can’t wait to share it!”
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Not long after their reunion was announced, the Groomsmen trilogy star surprised his costar on the set of her hit series When Calls the Heart. PEOPLE was on hand for the moment when Hynes strolled through Hope Valley — the fictional frontier setting at the center of the long-running series — to the delight of Krakow.
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“There’s a new sheriff in town!” Hynes said in a video he shared on Instagram at the time. He then approached Krakow and her costars Kevin McGarry and Jaeda Lily Miller as they hung out in between filming season 13.
“This is so cool,” Hynes said as he twirled Krakow in her period costume. “I’m a little starstruck. I’m looking at the famous When Calls the Heart. We’re in the 1800s.”
Krakow then joked, “This isn’t right.”
In addition to their new holiday movie, Hynes and Krakow are in the midst of a busy year at Hallmark. Hynes is also reuniting with Andrew Walker and Paul Campbell for the third Three Wise Men movie, airing on Nov. 15, while Krakow recently wrapped filming on When Calls the Heart season 13, which is set to premiere on Hallmark Channel in 2026.
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Christmas Above the Clouds premieres at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 8, on Hallmark Channel. The movie will be streaming the next day on Hallmark+.
