Marta Balaga Timothy Spall is ready to bring “Joy to the World.” “It’s a Christmas story, but an unusual Christmas story,” he tells Variety about his upcoming film, directed by Edward Hall.
Calico Pictures and Studio Hamburg are on board, while James Nesbitt co-stars. “It’s about a troubled 12-year-old kid who is pretty obnoxious, really.
He is clever but doesn’t like his life. His mom is struggling and his brother is desperate for a present he is not going to get.
He is full of hate. Then he witnesses a robbery.” It’s an unusual robbery, however, taking place during a “Santa Dash.” “He sees one of them rob a bank, tries to pursue him and then encounters this old man in the woods, under the tree, claiming he is Father Christmas.
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