'Violent Night 2' Brings Back David Harbour as Blood-Soaked Santa Claus
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He's played small town sheriffs and Soviet superheroes, but one of David Harbour's most memorable roles was as an action hero Santa Claus in 2022's action Christmas comedy "Violent Night."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harbour is returning to the role of the butt-kicking Santa for "Violent Night 2". The sequel is set to sleigh ride into theaters December 4, 2026.
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THR's report says that Harbour won't be the only one returning for the follow-up. Tommy Wirkola is back to direct "Violent Night 2" and screenwriters Pat Casey and Josh Miller will once again be penning the script. Kelly McCormick and David Leitch of 87North will produce.
David Harbour as Santa Claus in "Violent Night".
David Harbour as Santa Claus in "Violent Night".
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"Violent Night" premiered in December 2022 and performed well, earning $76.6 million globally against a production budget of $20 million.
The film starred Harbour as a drunken, disillusioned Santa Claus ready to hang up his hat when his sense of heroism is stirred by a young girl whose family is taken hostage. John Leguizamo played Scrooge, the Christmas-hating leader of a group of mercenaries.
Acting more like John McClane or John Wick than any Santa Claus you've ever seen, Harbour's Chris Kringle fights his way through the mercenaries to save the little girl and her family.
While not much is known about the story of "Violent Night 2", back in 2022 director Wirkola talked to THR about sequel ideas, including showing things that they had to cut out of the first movie.
"We don't see the North Pole, we don't see Mrs. Claus and we don't see the elves," Wirkola said. "There were also a few ideas that we loved in the script, but we had to cut them because we couldn't afford to shoot them."
Long before we see Harbour fighting bad guys as Santa Claus again, we'll see him back in the role of Jim Hopper in the fifth and final season of Netflix's "Stranger Things".
Harbour can still be seen right now on the big screen as Red Guardian in Marvel's "Thunderbolts*". It's a role Harbour will reprise mere weeks after the premiere of "Violent Night 2" in the massive Marvel event film, "Avengers: Doomsday".
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