Bad Santa 2 Set For 2016 Release

‘Bad Santa 2’ sees the return of Billy Bob Thornton… for Christmas 2016.

According to Deadline Hollywood, the upcoming ‘Bad Santa’ sequel will be heading to cinemas next year… and sees the 60-year-old actor return to his festive outfit.

“Broad Green Pictures has set a release date for Bad Santa 2, the sequel to the 2003 black comedy it is co-producing and co-financing with Miramax, on November 23, 2016, which is the Thanksgiving frame,” they revealed “Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox and Brett Kelly return in their original roles joined by Kathy Bates.”

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Originally released in 2003, ‘Bad Santa’ saw Billy Bob Thornton as professional thief Willie T. Stokes, who disguises himself as a department store Santa in order to rob shopping malls in the dead of night.

The black comedy was well-received by critics… and has been called the ‘evil twin’ of Christmas classic, ‘Miracle on 24^th Street’.

And now, thirteen years later, we’re finally getting a sequel.

Where will ‘Bad Santa 2’ take us? For now, we’ll have to wait and see.

But with principal photography due to begin next month in Montreal, it won’t be long before we get out first hints.

Either way… it can’t be good.

“Mark Waters is directing a screenplay by Johnny Rosenthal, Doug Ellin and Shauna Cross. Geyer Kosinski and Andrew Gunn are producing. Executive producers are Miramax’s Zanne Devine and David Thwaites, Broad Green’s Gabriel and Daniel Hammond, Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky, Ellin and Adam Fields.”

‘Bad Santa 2’ heads to cinemas on 23 November 2016.

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