Goody two-shoes Santa Claus is about to get his come-uppance in Fred Claus, a new Christmas feature coming from Warner Bros and director Mike Mitchell (Surviving Christmas, Sky High, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo).
The film tells the story of Santa's deadbeat older brother Fred, who's been jealous of his sibling's success for millennia. When he is forced to move in with his brother at the North Pole, he screws everything up but ultimately (surprise, surprise) redeems himself.
Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam, The Story Of Us)** **wrote the screenplay with a rewrite by Dan Fogelson.