EXCLUSIVE: If the return of Tim Allen as Santa Claus isn’t enough to get you to check out the much-anticipated spinoff of The Santa Clause on Disney+, then maybe this bit of news will: Deadline has learned that David Krumholtz will reprise his fan-favorite role as Bernard the Elf in The Santa Clauses.Krumholtz reunites with Allen and Elizabeth Mitchell, who will once again play Scott Calvin/Santa and Carol Calvin/Mrs.
Claus, respectively, in the series that is likely to premiere later this year. Krumholtz first showed up in the 1994 film and then returned for the sequel in 2002.
As the head elf, Bernard was a bit of a grump but an effective taskmaster in Santa’s workshop.In the Disney+ series, Scott is on the brink of his 65th birthday and realizing that he can’t be Santa forever.
He’s suddenly starting to lose his Santa magic, and more importantly, he’s got a family who could benefit from a life in the normal world, especially his two kids who have grown up at the North Pole.
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