In Dear Santa‘s First Trailer, Satan Is the Reason for the Season

Paramount has conscionable released its archetypal trailer for Dear Santa, a caller Christmas-set drama from successful which accidentally addresses his missive intended for Santa Claus to “Satan,” instead. Have a look:

Directed exclusively by Bobby Farrelly (brother Peter is sitting is sitting this 1 out, apparently), the communicative concerns a young lad accidentally addressing his missive meant for Santa Claus to “Satan” Claus, instead, summoning the Prince of Darkness successful the signifier of Jack Black (alongside his beard from the Minecraft movie, truthful we tin conjecture these were filmed astir the aforesaid time). Somehow–perhaps he’s conscionable successful bully spirits this clip of year–the Archfiend decides to assistance the lad 3 wishes for his trouble, becoming his ain idiosyncratic hell-spawned genie/imaginary friend/wingman successful the process. However, there’s ever a drawback with these sorts of things, and Satan hopes to reap the boy’s psyche aft his 3rd privation is granted, but well– that’s Mephistopheles, for you. The conception present is benignant of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy meets Jeff Leiberman’s Satan’s Little Helper by mode of Little Monsters starring Howie Mandel and Fred Savage… connected Christmas.

Co-starring alongside Black is Robert Timothy Smith the boy, Liam’ Keegan-Michael Key arsenic a kid psychologist; Post Malone making a cameo arsenic himself’ and P.J. Byrne arsenic a southern, kombucha- drinking bicyclist with intestinal problems.

If you’re excited to spot however this 1 plays out, you won’t person to hold excessively agelong arsenic its headed straight to Paramount+ this November 25–just successful clip for Thanksgiving with the folks. Somewhere successful Hell, Satan is nodding successful approval.

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