David Harbour has a trailer to show that he is a badass. “Violent Night,”A holiday thriller that features the “Stranger Things”Santa Claus as star
Tommy Wirkola, a Norwegian filmmaker, directed Harbour as a gritty, more rueful Kris Kringle. The trailer is not for the faint of heart. (Not-So Saint Nick) meets a family held hostage by a group of mercenaries on Christmas Eve and is forced to resolve the matter himself.
Harbour is joined by an ensemble that includes Cam Gigandet, Beverly D’Angelo and John Leguizamo. Pat Casey and Josh Miller wrote the script. They also wrote the script for the first and second live action films. “Sonic the Hedgehog” movies.
An Exclusive ScreeningOf “Violent Night” will be shown to an audience at New York Comic Con on Oct. 7, almost two months before the film’s premiere. Harbour first teased the project at CinemaCon in April, where the actor spoke to a packed house at Caesar’s Palace.
“Who doesn’t love a great action movie, right?”Harbour asked the convention crowd per Syfy. “How about Christmas movies? So, what about a movie that’s a great action movie and the greatest Christmas movie in one? ‘Die Hard.’ F***ing ‘Die Hard.’ Now what if… wait a minute, wait a minute. What if kickass director Tommy Wirkola and the badass producers at 87North, you know, the maniacs who did ‘Atomic Blonde’ and ‘John Wick’ and ‘Nobody’ and ‘Hobbs [&] Shaw,’ were behind it all? And, wait a minute, what if I starred in it as fucking Santa Claus?”
“Violent Night”December 2, in theaters. This movie kicks off the holiday season spreading joy and blood. Watch full trailer below.