It’s feeling very festive here at FTN HQ tonight as the third Santa story in a row in incoming!
First, it was the Violent Night 2 trailer, then a possible Bad Santa 3 and now, Peter Dinklage himself might be playing the man with the massive sack!
Yes, Dinklage is set to play Santa Claus in Olivia Wilde’s next movie, Naughty.
WATCH: David Harbour’s Santa returns in trailer for Violent Night 2
The movie will also star Friends star Jennifer Aniston as a mother who turns to Santa in hopes of getting custody of her son:
Naughty follows Mallory (Aniston), whose only hope of securing custody of her son from her gaslighting trash-bag ex is to find Santa Claus (Dinklage) and convince him to testify at her divorce hearing.
The script is by Jimmy Warden with Wilde, who directed June’s excellent comedy/drama The Invite, stepping in behind the camera.
Game of Thrones star Dinklage already has a bona fide festive classic under his belt, having appeared in Will Ferrell’s Elf back in 2003, so it looks like he’s ready to add another to his accolades.
Honestly, after The Invite and with a cast like this, I will be keeping my festive spirits high in anticipation of this one hitting screens… Christmas 2027, perhaps? More details as I get them, guys…
BIlly Bob Thornton likes a Bad Santa 3 pitch and says it could happen
Source: Deadline
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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