This holiday season, to hell with "all is calm."
From 87North, the bare-knuckle producers of Nobody, John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, comes a new coal-dark holiday action-comedy that says you should always bet on red. We are, of course, talking about Violent Night.
There's been a lot of excitement for this one since it was first announced, particularly with lead star David Harbour riding high following his work in the likes of Black Widow and Stranger Things.
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, 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.
Violent Night also stars Emmy winner John Leguizamo (John Wick), Cam Gigandet (Without Remorse), Alex Hassell (Cowboy Bebop), Alexis Louder (The Tomorrow War), Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones), and Beverly D’Angelo (National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise).
Directed by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters), Violent Night is produced by 87North’s Kelly McCormick David Leitch and Guy Danella. The original screenplay is by Pat Casey & Josh Miller, the writers of Sonic the Hedgehog. The movie's executive producer, meanwhile, is Marc S. Fischer.
This looks and sounds like an absolute riot, and while it's a far cry from your typical holiday family movie, that's no bad thing. Not everyone will be happy seeing Jolly Old St. Nick portrayed as a violent, borderline unhinged badass, but for everyone else, this movie promises to be good fun.
Violent Night will arrive just in time for the Holidays as it's currently set to release exclusively in theaters on December 2.
Check out the first trailer for the movie below: