Chris Columbus is preparing a Christmas comedy
The director Chris Columbus , who started his film career as a screenwriter, and now prefers production to other duties, will take up a comedy about hunters for Santa Claus .According to the portal The Wrap , Columbus and his company 1492 Pictures and ZAG Entertainment under the leadership of Jeremy Zag will produce a movie called 12/24 .The film will tell the story of unfortunate brothers who suddenly needed to prove to everyone that Santa Claus exists. When the latter is trapped by their efforts, the overfulfilled adventurers have to take on the mission of Christmas grandfather... Matt Lieberman wrote the script for the film, based on a story invented by David Guggenheim. David joins Columbus with Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe as a producer. The production, according to the director of one of the most famous Christmas films, will mix feature films with animation - magic elves Santa , as well as his homeland (the North Pole) will be given to the artists from ZAG Entertainment >.  This summer, the comedy "Pixels" directed by Chris did not win the love of film critics, but, according to the portal Box Office Mojo , with a budget of $ 88 million at the worldwide box office an impressive $ 243 million . The next work of Columbus -producer - the biblical drama "Young Messiah" - will be released in March 2016 . The Topic of Article: Chris Columbus is preparing a Christmas comedy. |
