Film company Fortitude decided to save money on the services of make-up artists and invited one of the most famous Hollywood bearded men to play Santa Claus. Oscar-winning Mel Gibson will portray his Christmas grandfather in the black comedy Fatman *. Screenwriters Ian and Ashom Nelms (Crime in a Small Town) portray the folk hero as a brawler and rowdy, whose New Year business is rapidly going downhill. Santa's financial problems will fade into the background when a boy dissatisfied with a cheap gift hires a hitman to deal with a cheapskate in a red suit ... The Nelms brothers themselves will direct the film. The search for Tolstyak distributors will begin this month at the international film market Marche du Film. * - preliminary translation. Source: Deadline The Topic of Article: Mel Gibson will be bad Santa. |