Santa’s naughty list is getting a little longer in the first trailer for Violent Night 2, which bowed at CinemaCon Wednesday during the Universal presentation. David Harbour stars as a vengeful Santa Claus in the sequel to the 2022 original, with Kristen Bell joining the franchise as Mrs. Claus.
The footage began with Harbour’s Santa, who has been kicked out of his gig at the North Pole and finds himself wandering around a mall at the holidays. He stumbles upon the mall Santa setup and sees kids writing their wish lists as he confides in them that “maybe I killed too many people.” Harbour goes on to become the mall Santa himself, when it’s revealed that his elves are out to kill him via a mission from Jared Harris’ villain.
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