Violent Night

Violent Night is an upcoming American Christmas action comedy film directed by Tommy Wirkola from an original screenplay written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller. The film stars David Harbour, John Leguizamo, and Beverly D'Angelo.

Violent Night
Directed byTommy Wirkola
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 2, 2022 (2022-12-02)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Violent Night is scheduled to be released in the United States on December 2, 2022, by Universal Pictures.

Premise

A group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family on Christmas Eve, and Santa must save Christmas.[1]

Cast

Production

In March 2020, Universal Pictures announced that it acquired the original screenplay to Violent Night by Pat Casey and Josh Miller and that 87North Productions would produce.[2] In November 2021, David Harbour was cast in the lead role, with Tommy Wirkola set to direct.[3] In early 2022, John Leguizamo, Beverly D'Angelo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, and André Eriksen were confirmed to star.[1][4][5] Filming was planned to take place from January–March 2022,[6] and shooting had commenced by February 2022 in Winnipeg.[1]

Release

In November 2021, Universal set a release date of December 2, 2022.[3]

References
  1. Kit, Borys (February 14, 2022). "John Leguizamo, Beverly D'Angelo Join David Harbour in Violent Night (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. Fleming, Mike Jr (March 3, 2020). "Universal Lands 'Violent Night' Pitch By 'Sonic The Hedgehog' Scribes Pat Casey & Josh Miller". Deadline Hollywood.
  3. Welk, Brian (November 16, 2021). "David Harbour to Star in Holiday Action Film 'Violent Night'". TheWrap.
  4. Grobar, Matt (March 10, 2022). "Violent Night: Edi Patterson & Cam Gigandet Join David Harbour In Universal Pictures' Holiday Thriller". Deadline Hollywood.
  5. Grobar, Matt (April 25, 2022). "Meghan Leathers Joins Paramount+ Crime Thriller Finestkind; Universal's Holiday Thriller Violent Night Adds André Eriksen". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  6. King, Randall (November 20, 2021). "A Christmas thriller? Stranger things have happened". Winnipeg Free Press.
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