Tis the season for Christmas movies and Netflix’s latest offering, The Christmas Chronicles is taking a whole new spin on the beloved Santa Claus.
Hateful Eight’s, Kurt Russel is the latest actor to don the red suit, but, instead of being full of Christmas cheer, Santa has been reimagined as a wisecracking, high-speed chase lover and we can’t get enough!
Directed by Clay Kaytis (The Angry Birds Movie) the story centres around a brother and sister, Kate (Darby Camp) and Teddy (Judah Lewis), who plan to catch Santa Claus (Russel) on Christmas eve.
After stalking out the man himself, they sneak onto his sleigh causing it to crash. The accident threatens to ruin Christmas and the children must work with Santa and his elves to save the day.
“No one is better suited than Kurt Russell to bring our version of a rugged, charismatic, and hilarious Santa Claus to life,” says Kaytis.
“From our first meeting, he completely threw himself into this iconic role – and grew an impressive beard in the process. It has been a dream come true to work with Kurt in creating what I believe will be the new definition of Santa Claus for generations to come.”
The Christmas Chronicles will air on Netflix on November 22.
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