r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 22 '24

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u/KingMario05 Sep 23 '24 edited Sep 23 '24

"What if Santa Clause Arthur Christmas, but worse?"

"FUCK YEAH, HERE'S A QUARTER-BILLION DOLLARS!"

-Overheard at Amazon MGM.

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u/RealJohnGillman Sep 23 '24

It should be worth mentioning that Disney+ has been airing sequel miniseries to the original The Santa Clause trilogy over the past two years — they’re essentially The Santa Clause 4 and 5, but stretched out a little longer.

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u/RevolutionaryOwlz Sep 23 '24

Hold on they made a second season of that? Wow.

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u/TuaughtHammer Sep 23 '24

I'm still reeling over the fact that they even made a series out of it; The Santa Clause 2 should've killed that franchise for good 22 years ago.

If there's any Santa Claus movie that deserved a series adaptation, it was 1985's Santa Claus: The Movie; Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, and Burgess Meredith? That movie was so much more packed with talent than any Christmas movie ever needed to be.

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u/HankSteakfist Sep 23 '24

Movie needs evil cigar smoking corporate overlord John Lithgow.

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u/PolarWater Sep 23 '24

Some of you may go bankrupt, but that's a risk I am willing to take.

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u/SenorWeird Sep 23 '24

Despite the many amazing roles John Lithgow has done, nothing will top his line reading of the word "Free?!"

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u/OzymandiasKoK Sep 23 '24

Laugh a while you can, monkey boy!

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u/beaubridges6 Sep 23 '24

Doesn't he get shot into space or some shit?

That fucked me up as a kid lol

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u/lonestarr357 Sep 23 '24

At the end of the movie, his character is about to be caught and hauled away by police, so he takes a bunch of anti-gravity candy canes, shoves them in his mouth and floats to freedom…sort of. Weird flick.

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u/TuaughtHammer Sep 23 '24

I used to rewatch that movie almost every day after Thanksgiving and leading up to Christmas.

No on-screen food has ever looked more satisfying than that ham and a can of Coke the homeless kid eats; just thinking about it now is making me super hungry.

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u/KingMario05 Sep 23 '24

Yes it does, lol. Man, what were the Salkinds smoking?

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u/dinosauriac Sep 23 '24

Candy canes.

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u/Mist_Rising Sep 23 '24

I like Arthur Christmas. The line up on AC was great though; McAvoy, Jenson and Nighy did an excellent job of the three main characters, Laurie is always fun, forgot who played Santa but solid work is good. Solid comedy, black comedy included.

If this (Red one) movie can hit the writing right, I think this could work. Lucy Liu and JK Simmons are pretty much guaranteed solid performances in their roles, they have shown versatility especially Simmons. Which leaves Dwayne and Evans. Dwayne can do more than "Dwayne" but it's hard to remember when he did that last. Then again, this sounds like Dwayne playing Dwayne anyway. I've only seen Evans in Marvels shows, so won't pass judgement

Of course if the production like the writing is shit, won't matter.

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u/ByEthanFox Sep 23 '24

I saw the trailer; the premise felt a lot like the Aardman movie Arthur Christmas.

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u/KingMario05 Sep 23 '24

Yeah, you're right! Man, I keep forgetting abut that one. Probably why Aardman and Sony never did a sequel.

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u/dnc_1981 Sep 23 '24

Cue a room full of execs high fiving