Peter and Bobby Farrelly’s Christmas comedy, Pricey Santa, starring Jack Black, has lastly arrived after a decade-long journey. Pricey Santa follows the story of Liam (Robert Timothy Smith), a younger boy with dyslexia who thinks that Santa Claus “might be not actual.” Nonetheless, he decides to put in writing Santa a letter, however a spelling error has dire outcomes. As an alternative of addressing the envelope to the jolly bearded present distributor, Liam writes “Devil,” summoning Black’s character, who begins pretending he’s Santa. Throughout a current dialog with Selection, the brothers mentioned the place the thought for Pricey Santa was born and why it took them ten years to get the film “excellent:”
“Pete Jones and Kevin Barnett, who we work with so much, introduced us the thought they usually stated, ‘A child’s writing a letter to Santa, however he misspells it and as an alternative writes it to Devil.’ We’re like, ‘We’ll purchase that. Okay, let’s do it.’ It was just like the ‘Snakes on a Airplane’ pitch. However what we did not understand is it is a good opening, however man, it is a difficult factor. This took us ten years to get proper, ten years we have been growing this factor as a result of it is a high-quality line. You should have the proper Devil — Jack Black on this case, which is a blessing, and it has to have the proper tone, and it is PG-13. It was difficult,” Peter stated.
Noting that regardless of its plot revolving across the satan, the flick isn’t a horror film, Bobby added:
“Yeah, it is a Christmas story, so we did not need it to be a horror film or something like that. It needed to have a variety of comedy and coronary heart and an uplifting message to it.”
The Farrelly Brothers’ Future Might Contain Extra ‘Dumb & Dumber’
The Farrelly Brothers are greatest identified for his or her work on comedy options like Dumb and Dumber and There’s One thing About Mary (and particular person directorial efforts like Inexperienced Ebook and Champions). Pricey Santa marks a reunion between the filmmaking duo and Black, who starred of their 2001 function Shallow Hal. Bobby was on the helm for Pricey Santa, whereas Peter co-scribed the script with Ricky Blitt. Pricey Santa stars Black, Smith, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Keegan-Michael Key, and Submit Malone. Jones and Barnett government produce.
The brothers have a number of tasks lined up, and amongst them may very well be a 3rd Dumb and Dumber film, as Peter says that he might simply see him and Bobby “doing one other ‘Dumb and Dumber’ sometime.” Whereas Pricey Santa isn’t a horror flick – regardless of its form of creepy plot – that’s one style that Peter and Bobby hope to dip their toes into sooner or later. When requested if there may be any style they’d prefer to attempt, Peter shared:
“Completely: Horror. I wish to do a horror film that is going to scare the hell out of individuals sometime, however we do not plan. We’re not good planners. That is why we have been horrible college students at school. So we form of do what the universe drops in our lap.”
Pricey Santa is accessible to stream on Paramount+ and for buy on digital platforms like Google Play and Apple TV.
- Launch Date
- November 25, 2024
- Director
- Bobby Farrelly
- Solid
- Jack Black , Robert Timothy Smith , Brianne Howey , Hayes MacArthur , keegan-michael key , Submit Malone , P.J. Byrne , Jaden Carson Baker , Kai Cech