Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow) is back with the bloody new movie Violent Night, starring David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) as an ass-kicking Santa Claus. The film kicks off the holiday season in theaters on December 2, 2022.
While you wait, check out the full official image gallery below!
Meagan writes in her review for BD, “Director Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow) infuses his gore-soaked sense of humor into an amalgamation of familiar holiday fare, ushering a new crowd-pleasing Christmas-set actioner eager to splatter the snow red.”
Violent Night is being compared to Die Hard and centers on Harbour’s Santa Claus rescuing a family that’s been taken hostage, with John Leguizamo playing the villain.
In the film, “A team of elite mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage. But the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus (Harbour) is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.”
Beverly D’Angelo (Christmas Vacation), Alex Haskell and Alexis Louder are also in the upcoming Focus Features movie, starring alongside Edi Patterson and Cam Gigandet.
(from left) Santa (David Harbour) and Scrooge (John Leguizamo) in Violent Night, directed by Tommy Wirkola.
(from left) Candy Cane (Mitra Suri) and Scrooge (John Leguizamo) in Violent Night, directed by Tommy Wirkola.
David Harbour as Santa in Violent Night, directed by Tommy Wirkola.
(from left) Linda (Alexis Louder), Trudy (Leah Brady) and Jason (Alex Hassell) in Violent Night, directed by Tommy Wirkola.
Leah Brady as Trudy in Violent Night, directed by Tommy Wirkola.
(from left) Sugarplum (Stephanie Sy), Gertrude (Beverly D’Angelo), Alva (Edi Patterson), Morgan Steel (Cam Gigandet), Frosty (Can Aydin), Bert (Alexander Elliot), Linda (Alexis Louder), Peppermint (Rawleigh Clements-Willis), Scrooge (John Leguizamo) and Gingerbread (André Eriksen) in Violent Night, directed by Tommy Wirkola.
David Harbour as Santa in Violent Night, directed by Tommy Wirkola.
(from left) Director Tommy Wirkola and David Harbour on the set of Violent Night.
(from left) Producer Kelly McCormick and director Tommy Wirkola on the set of Violent Night.
(from left) Producer David Leitch and John Leguizamo on the set of Violent Night.