Octavia Spencer And Directors Bryce Dallas Howard And Steven Caple Jr. Bring ‘The Santa Stories’ To The Screen From Coca-Cola Christmas Films
deadline.comCoca-Cola is on a mission to further spread its ethos of ‘Real Magic’ and human connection this holiday season, with a new short film anthology: The Santa Stories.
The global beverage brand has tapped ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts director and screenwriter Steven Caple Jr. and The Mandalorian director Bryce Dallas Howard, to bring epic cinematic vision to two new short films.
Developed and produced in collaboration with WPP Open X led by VML, Imagine Entertainment and PRETTYBIRD, The Santa Stories will be released on Prime Video via Prime Video Direct, Amazon Freevee and Coca-Cola’s YouTube channels on 8 December 2023.
Each film is a reminder of the Santa Claus in all of us and reimagines the representation of Santa in a different way: The Note (directed by Bryce Dallas Howard) stars Irish actor Colm Meaney as the lead protagonist, “The No Man”, whose festive goodwill is restored by a mystery message in a bottle. Ho Ho Heist (directed by Steven Caple Jr.) stars Oscar winning actress, Octavia Spencer, SAG Award winning actor, Scoot McNairy and is a heist-thriller in which Santa finds himself in jail.
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