It’s Christmas come early for motion film followers, as among the best festive thrillers to ever grace the silver display screen is just not solely getting a sequel, nevertheless it begins capturing quickly. Every vacation season, motion film followers attain for the likes of Die Exhausting and Deadly Weapon, however a sure vibrant red-suited, jolly man got here down the cinematic chimney again in 2022 to provide even John McClane some competitors.
Sure, we’re speaking about Santa Claus. However that is no atypical Santa Claus. There will be no smiling whereas holding a Coke bottle with this man. As an alternative, the Christmas icon was remodeled right into a fist-fighting motion hero in Violent Night time, with the long-awaited sequel now nearer than ever earlier than.
Talking with The Hollywood Reporter, producers David Leitch and Kelly McCormick revealed that Violent Night time 2, which is able to hopefully be part of its predecessor as a contemporary vacation motion favourite, is lastly set to start out filming “in 4 weeks.” Addressing his choice for unique IPs slightly than well-worn franchises and whether or not he’d return for extra Marvel outings following Deadpool 2, Leitch revealed…
“We’re searching for these alternatives, and if that comes our approach, we’ll entertain them. Kelly particularly is constructing our personal franchises. Like No one, like Violent Night time 2, which we begin capturing in 4 weeks.”
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Violent Night time filmmaker Tommy Wirkola returns to helm the follow-up, with Stranger Issues star David Harbour reprising the position of Santa Claus and not too long ago including The Suicide Squad star Daniela Melchior and Frozen’s Kristen Bell to the roster. Persevering with, McCormick revealed that Violent Night time 2 will likely be capturing “for mainly eight weeks.” So, after ready patiently, it seems like we are going to discover Violent Night time 2 below our tree sooner slightly than later.
The primary Violent Night time stars David Harbour as Santa Claus alongside John Leguizamo, Beverly D’Angelo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, and André Eriksen. The motion outing was met with a constructive response from each critics and audiences alike on the time, touchdown scores of 74% from critics and 88% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. You’ll be able to take a look at the official synopsis for the primary Violent Night time beneath…
“When a workforce of mercenaries breaks right into a rich household compound on Christmas Eve, taking everybody inside hostage, the workforce is not ready for a shock combatant: Santa Claus (David Harbour, Black Widow, Stranger Issues sequence) is on the grounds, and he is about to point out why this Nick is not any saint.”
The largest criticism leveled at Violent Night time was its failure to push its idea far sufficient. Whereas particulars of the sequel stay below wraps, at current, now that the foundations have been laid, we are able to solely hope that Violent Night time 2 will deliver in additional Santa-themed parts, akin to Mrs. Claus and the elves, with David Harbour harbouring (ahem) an concept that will take the franchise much more into the fantastical. “We gotta get Pedro [Pascal] and Oscar [Isaac] to play the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy within the subsequent iteration: the Santa cinematic universe with a bunch of ‘daddies’ as imaginary creatures,” the actor beforehand posited.
Violent Night time
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- Launch Date
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December 2, 2022
- Runtime
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101 minutes