The latest Santa Clause movie to hit this holiday season is Fred Claus, which stars Paul Giamatti playing Fred Claus himself, along with his brother Vince Vaughn.
The anticipation with the combination of Giamatti and Vaughn has been veyr high leading up to its release this coming Friday in theaters. Vaughn is going to be playing the bad-brother of Fred Claus. The film focuses on a sibling rivalry between the two.
The director of the film, David Dobkin stated “I just got such a kick out of seeing Santa Clause as a human being with, like, his issues of being a saint and having to take care of everyone, and now he’s carrying that.”
In Fred Claus, Giamatti does a respectable job apparently playing the role as the star, and the fat man in the big red suit.
Producer of Fred Claus Jessie Nelson came up with the story for the film. The origin of the story came from her daughter who asked her “Does Santa Clause have a familyi? Does he have a brother?”
She replied “Yes, he has a brother.”
That brother is comedic actor Vince Vaughn. Co-star of Fred Claus Chris Bridges, better known as Ludacris, stated that Bad Santa was his favorite Santa film.
With that, get ready to check out Fred Claus as it opens this Friday in theaters.