Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti’s Christmas comedy now has a name – Joe Claus.
And it also has a villain in Kevin Spacey. The David Dobkin- directed movie will see Vaughn’s deadbeat Claus brother join Santa in the North Pole.
It’s not just Spacey signing on – John Michael Higgins (who will appear with Vaughn in The Break-Up) is Santa’s head elf, and Spacey’s old pool table buddy and Shipping News co-star Judi Dench will also appear.
A London shoot this autumn means that Spacey can still maintain his ties to the Old Vic theatre, for which he’s currently preparing to star in a revival of Moon For The Misbegotten.