Tim Allen Will Reprise His ‘Santa Clause’ Role in Limited Series on Disney Plus
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Christmas came early in 2022! Tim Allen is set to reprise his role as Scott Calvin from The Santa Clause for a new Disney+ Original limited series.
The 68-year-old actor will also serve as an executive producer for the project currently using the working title The Santa Clause. According to the streaming giant, production is slated to start in March in L.A.. Jack Burditt (30 Rock, Modern Family, Frasier, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) is the showrunner and he’ll also executive produce. Kevin Hench (Last Man Standing), Richard Baker and Rick Messina are also on board as executive producers.
Allen, who told ET back in 1994 that transforming into Santa Claus was not an easy process, appeared in all three films of The Santa Clause franchise, a box office behemoth for Walt Disney Pictures. The first film, an annual staple on TV sets across the country during the holidays, was released in 1994. Allen’s role as Scott Calvin saw him as a divorced father trying to make Christmas special for his son. The inadvertent answer? He transforms into Santa after catching Santa on the roof and scaring him to fall off.
The film has a heartwarming ending, but it wasn’t initially intended that way. Allen revealed in 2018, during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, that the script was originally much darker.
“The original Santa Clause is a little darker, written by two comedians, and I actually shot and killed Santa, in the original movie,” he said. “And he fell off the roof, because I thought he was a burglar. And he gives me the card, and the whole movie starts. And the kid goes, ‘You just killed Santa.’ And I said, ‘He shouldn’t have been on the roof when he wasn’t invited.’”
Woke up this morning and noticed a bit more stubble. This always happens to me as I transition to you no who this Christmas. pic.twitter.com/MAXNIbZs9f — Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) November 11, 2020
The news of the upcoming series comes just two months after Allen channeled his Santa Clause character back in November. He had tweeted a selfie showing him sporting a thick natural beard.
It’s unclear if the photo was a flashback pic or if he grew it in quick fashion, given how less than a month before posting that selfie on Twitter he was seen clean shaven in a photo with his Home Improvement co-star, Richard Karn, as they filmed their new reality series, Assembly Required.
Either way, the beard’s coming back!
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Tim Allen to reprise ‘Santa Clause’ role for new Disney+ limited series
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Tim Allen is set to reprise a familiar role for a limited series for Disney.
On Friday, Disney+ announced that the actor had signed on to reprise his role as Santa from the “Santa Clause” film franchise.
“It’s clause for celebration! Tim Allen will reprise his role as Scott Calvin from “The Santa Clause” in a new Original limited series coming soon to DisneyPlus,” the streaming giant announced on Twitter.
It’s clause for celebration! 🎅🏻 Tim Allen will reprise his role as Scott Calvin from “The Santa Clause” in a new Original limited series coming soon to #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/f04e3lAFVv — Disney+ (@disneyplus) January 14, 2022
In the movies, Allen played Scott Calvin, who transforms into Santa after catching Santa Clause on the roof and scaring him to fall off.
The first film was released in 1994.
In the new series, Allen will play an older St. Nick looking for a replacement, Deadline reported.
Allen is set to be an executive producer on the new series.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, production is set to begin in March.
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Disney Plus is bringing back The Santa Clause with Tim Allen
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Disney Plus is rebooting The Santa Clause, and Tim Allen has signed on to play Santa once again.
The 1994 hit movie spawned two big-screen sequels, in 2002 and 2006, and now Disney is turning it into a TV series for the streaming platform. Disney has a huge back catalogue to mine for reboots, from its live action remakes of animated classics to straight-to-streaming rehashes like Home Sweet Home Alone this past Christmas.
In the movies, Allen’s character Scott Calvin was a normal guy and harassed dad who stepped into the big red suit when Kris Kringle fell off his roof and apparently died (did anyone else think the movie kinda glossed over that macabre detail?). In the new series, an aging Calvin sets out to find a replacement Santa.
The showrunner is Jack Burditt, whose past credits include 30 Rock, Modern Family, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Frasier (which is also set to be rebooted soon). The series films in March, so there’s a chance it’ll be on our screens this coming Christmas.