Disney sets Anna Kendrick to star in Nicole as the daughter of Santa Claus, with the film set to hit theaters in November 2019 – just in time for the holiday season.
The “saving Santa” storyline, aided sometimes by Claus kin or sometimes by strangers, is a staple of holiday movies (Mr. St. Nick, Santa Jr., Arthur Christmas, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Fred Claus, Santa Claus: The Movie, The Night They Saved Christmas, and so on).
In the film, previously noted as “Untitled Disney Fairy Tale,” Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect, Trolls) stars as Santa Claus’ daughter who must “take over the family business after he retires.”
This will be the first major Christmas-themed holiday release from Walt Disney Pictures since 2009’s motion-capture animated A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey.