Dear Santa | Trailer released for Jack Black Christmas film

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Jack Black is reuniting with the Farrelly brothers for Christmas comedy Dear Santa, and here’s the trailer for the film.

Jack Black and the Farrelly brothers have worked together before. Go back to 2001, and we got Shallow Hal. It follows a man (Black) who is hypnotized into seeing only the inner beauty of women and falls in love with Gwyneth Paltrow. It remains a prime example of the Farrelly brothers’ near-the-knuckle comedy. However, it’s also a film with a rather unpleasant mean streak which has attracted a lot of criticism in the years since its release.

Anyway, to now. Jack Black has reunited with the Farrelly brothers to play a twisted version of Father Christmas in festive film Dear Santa.

Black stars alongside Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, PJ Byrne, newcomer Jaden Carson Baker, Kai Cech and Austin Post.

Bobby Farrelly directed the film from a screenplay by Ricky Blitt and Peter Farrelly, from a story they co-wrote with Dan Ewen.

Dear Santa will stream on Paramount+ from the 25th November.

Watch the trailer below:

Black will next be seen in long awaited video game adaptation A Minecraft Movie alongside Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Eugene Hansen and Jennifer Coolidge. Napoleon Dynamite’s Jared Hess directs from a screenplay by Chris Bowman and Hubbel Palmer. It will be released in cinemas on 4th April 2025.

Peter Farrelly recently co-wrote and directed Amazon Prime comedy film Ricky Stanicky starring John Cena. He has also signed on to direct Sporkinfeesten, a family vacation comedy from a script by Aaron and Will Eisenberg for Amazon.

Finally, the synopsis for Dear Santa reads as follows…

When it comes to being bad, he’s the worst! When a young boy mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial spelling error, a devilish Jack Black arrives to wreak havoc on the holidays. From the hilarious minds behind Dumb & Dumber, Christmas is about to go up in flames.

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