Tyler Hynes Says Hallmark's TheGroomsmenTrilogy 'Feels LikeSex and the Cityfor Dudes' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Tyler Hynes; Sex and the City cast.Photo:Mike Coppola/Getty; Paramount Pictures/Getty

Mike Coppola/Getty; Paramount Pictures/Getty

An upcoming Hallmark trilogy will give fans all the feels like another beloved comfort watch.

When asked about what it was like working on a “gay love story that’s a friends-to-lovers story on Hallmark,” Hynes, 38, shared, “It’s notSex in the City, but it kind of feels likeSex and Cityfor dudes,which I realized watchingSex and the Citywhen I was in Europe and I was going, ‘Oh, we’re making that.'”

Tyler Hynes in 2024.Mike Coppola/Getty

Mike Coppola/Getty

“Your friends become your family. They become the people who hold you up through all of these moments in our lives,” he continued. “It captures that feeling while doing so, telling a very lovely, diverse group of stories with a really diverse cast and doing it earnestly without feeling like there was an agenda,” he aded of the upcoming trilogy.

Hynes stars inThe Groomsmenmovies alongsideJonathan BennettandB.J. Britt.

The trilogy will chronicle “the lives and romantic relationships of three best friends of different backgrounds, cultures and sexual orientations — Pete (Britt), a kind-hearted pediatrician with a penchant for planning; Danny (Bennett), an ex-jock with a heart of gold; and Jackson (Hynes), the stylish and charming social media agent — as they each find love and wedding bliss in picturesque locations Greece, Italy and Bulgaria,” according to an official synposis.

Jonathan Bennett, B.J. Britt and Tyler Hynes in 2024.Mike Coppola/Getty

Bennett, 43, told PEOPLE at San Diego Com-Con in July that theGroomsmentrilogy is “the first time we’ve had a gay weddingon Hallmark as the lead storyline.”

“Playing the character of Danny inThe Groomsmen— not only are we telling a story of friendship and love, but…telling a story about a wedding,” theMean Girlsactor explained.

“That is the first time we’ve had a gay wedding on Hallmark as the lead storyline,” he added. “And that’s a huge move for the gay community so they can see themselves represented in these stories.”

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TheGroomsmenmovies will premiere in October, withThe Groomsmen: First Lookon Oct. 17,The Groomsmen: Second Chanceson Oct. 24 andThe Groomsmen: The Last Danceon Oct. 31 — all on Hallmark+.

source: people.com