Jack Black to Make Christmas Comedy with the Farrelly Brothers

It’s the story of a boy who accidentally sends his Christmas wish list to Satan instead of Santa.

Jack Black as R. L. Stine in 2015's 'Goosebumps.'

It has been a few years since the Farrelly brothers worked as a team on a movie –– though they’ve ed each other. The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ (which, er, wasn’t).

Champions’.

Now, though, the sibling filmmakers are returning in force, and looking to work again with Jack Black, who starred for them in 2001’s ‘Shallow Hal’ on ‘Dear Santa’. Bobby is directing, and Peter will produce.

Dear Santa

"Jack Black is NOT Santa."

PG-131 hr 48 min Nov 25th, 2024

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Black has teased something of a festive nature with a cryptic Instagram post featuring him posing with a Christmas decoration.

What’s the story of ‘Dear Santa’?

The film is actually listed as ‘Dear Satan’ on the IMDb, which makes sense, though in the reports about Black’s attachment, it’s called ‘Dear Santa’.

Either title works, actually, as this is the story of a young boy who, in writing his yearly note to Santa, mixes up the letters and sends it to Satan instead.

Deadline doesn’t specify who Black is playing in the movie, but again, the IMDb shows him as Satan.

This is a movie that the Farrellys have been associated with since at least 2012, when it was set up at 20th Century Fox (before Disney snapped it up).

Dan Ewen wrote the original script after being inspired by a young girl he was babysitting misspelling Santa on her Christmas wish list. “There was this cute little card, covered in candy canes and glitter,” Ewen told Variety at the time. “I fell in love with the idea of this note mistakenly being delivered to the Prince of Darkness and the fiery wackiness that would ensue.”

Since then, Peter and Bobby have worked with Ricky Blitt on the script, which has seemingly shifted the gender of the child character. And the movie has switched studio homes to Paramount.