NEED TO KNOW
- PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Hallmark Channel has greenlit a third Three Wise Men movie
- The first two Christmas movies starring Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker and Paul Campbell have been massive hits for the network
- The new movie will debut later this year as part of Countdown to Christmas
The Brenner brothers are back!
Following the success of 2022’s Three Wise Men and a Baby and 2024’s Three Wiser Men and a Boy, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker and Paul Campbell are coming back together for a third installment in their Hallmark Channel Christmas movie franchise.
“This Countdown to Christmas, the dance continues,” Walker says in the teaser video above, referencing the viral dance from the original film.
Margaret Colin, who plays the mother of Luke (Walker), Taylor (Hynes) and Stephan Brenner (Campbell), is also returning. While Campbell and actress Kimberley Sustad co-wrote the first two movies (with Russell Hainline as well on the second), no writers have been announced yet.
The movie also doesn’t have a description or a title at this juncture — so let’s see your best guesses in the comments! (Should it be Three Wisest Men? Three Wise Men and a Teenager? Three Wise Men and a Little Lady?)
The film is set to go into production this summer and will air later this year.
Three Wise Men and a Baby was the No. 1 most-watched original cable movie of 2022 and its sequel was the network’s second most-watched Christmas movie of 2024 (after Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, which also starred Hynes).
“We were surprised at the reaction that people had with the first Three Wise Men, and we’re just glad to do it again,” Walker told PEOPLE ahead of the sequel.
Added Hynes, “What these movies do best is when it explores new themes that maybe haven’t been done, and I think Wise Men does that incredibly well.”
“I think we found something really great, really fun,” said Campbell, who co-wrote the first two movies with Kimberley Sustad. “We definitely bring the silliness.”
“In 2022, our Brenner brothers, Andrew, Tyler and Paul danced — literally — into viewers’ hearts, creating on-screen magic and a ratings hit,” Jennifer Kramer, vice president of programming at Hallmark Media, said in a statement. “The Three Wise Men movies are funny, heartwarming and show the power of family and brotherhood.”
Hynes, Walker and Campbell can all be seen on Hallmark’s current reality series, Christmas at Sea (airing Mondays), which was filmed during the Hallmark Christmas Cruise last November. They even rocked their Three Wise Men outfits and performed the movie’s choreographed dance while aboard. Plus, they’ll be setting sail on the cruise again this November, as well as appearing during Hallmark’s Christmas Experience in Kansas City and Christmas Con in New Jersey.
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Three Wise Men 3 premieres later this year during the 16th annual Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel. Other previously announced festive entries include Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story with Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario, A Newport Christmas with Ginna Claire Mason and Wes Brown, new baking series Baked with Love: Holiday, hosted by Tamera Mowry-Housley, and second seasons of Finding Mr. Christmas, hosted by Jonathan Bennett, and Sarah Drew’s Mistletoe Murders.
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