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The trailer forDear Santashowcases Jack Black ’s bizarre new Christmas clowning . The coming movie , which premieres on Paramount Plus on November 25 , was directed by Bobby Farrelly and follows a young male child ( Robert Timothy Smith ) who misspells Santa ’s name on his letter requesting gifts , unexpectedly summon Satan , who offer up him three compliments in exchange for his soul . The cast of theJack Black moviealso includes Keegan - Michael Key , Brianne Howey , Hayes MacArthur , Austin Post , and P. J. Byrne , in addition to featuring an visual aspect by rapper Post Malone .
Paramount Plushas nowdebuted the prescribed preview forDear Santa . After set up the premiss and deliver the nestling , Liam Turner , summon Satan , it then explore the push - and - pull dynamic between the two fictional character as Liam ’s wholesomeness lento begin to melt Satan ’s firmness . They also engage in a diverseness of wacky hijinks include the duo performing onstage at a Post Malone concert and Satan shrinking himself down to appear in the class pet ’s enclosing and offer Liam romantic advice . See the trailer below :
What This Trailer Means For Dear Santa
The Movie Leans Decisively Toward Comedy
It could have been quite easy forDear Santato be aChristmas horror movie . The genre and the holiday have ofttimes fuse in titles admit theSilent Night , Deadly Nightfranchise , Black Christmas , Santa ’s Slay , and many more . In fact , the 2020 Syfy movieLetters to Satan Clausfeatured a very interchangeable premise , with a much darker result . However , the trailerseems to reveal that the film is completely a clowning with next to no horror elementsdespite its slightly dark tone .
Black ’s performance is resonant of the 1967 drollery Bedazzled …
Because of this , Jack Black ’s Satan is also a aristocratical character than many other depictionsof the religious figure . His evil largely consist of being a prankster , including putting an annoying role into enteric distress and then lock away the Porta Potty so he ca n’t get in . Black ’s execution is redolent of the 1967 comedyBedazzled , which follows a man being tempted via wishes from the Devil and was make over as aBrendan Fraser moviein 2000 , in addition to other villains he has portrayed onscreen , particularly Bowser inThe Super Mario Bros. Movie .
Our Take On The Dear Santa Trailer
The Movie Could Set A Standard For Paramount Plus
Dear Santais the first major original Christmas movie put out by Paramount Plus . Although it is firmly a comedy , the darkness of its assumption sets it aside from other streamer ' output including Netflix ( A Christmas Prince , The Princess Switch , The Knight Before Christmas ) , Apple TV+ ( Spirited ) , and Hulu ( Happiest Season ) . If it continues to produce similar original vacation movies every class , the streamer could chip at out a unequaled space in the literary genre by embracing more strange premises and theme .
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