Working Title Films sign James Corden for “School for Santas”

Working Title Films announced today that they are developing “School for Santas” as a vehicle for James Corden (‘Gavin & Stacey’, One Chance). The film will be written by Richard Bean (‘One Man, Two Guvnors’) and Produced with Kris Thykier (The Debt, Kick-Ass, I Give It A Year).

“School for Santas” follows a down-on-his luck dad who needs to find his inner Father Christmas to win back his kids. The film is set to start shooting in New York and London in 2013.

The film will reunite Corden, who is currently shooting David Frankel’s One Chance, with Richard Bean following their award-winning Broadway and West End success, ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’. Bean is a pre-eminent voice in British theatre whose previous plays, ‘The Heretic’, ‘Up On Roof’ and ‘Harvest’, have attracted widespread critical acclaim and commercial success.

Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner currently have Edgar Wright’s The World’s End and Hoss Amini’s The Two Faces of January in production, and Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables, Dan Mazer’s I Give It A Year and Richard Curtis’ About Time all releasing in the next few months.

Thykier is currently shooting David Frankel’s One Chance and was the Producer on I Give It A Year for Working Title Films.

James Corden says, “All my life I’ve wanted to make a big family Christmas movie. To be making one with a company like Working Title Films is a dream come true. Re-teaming with Richard Bean and Kris Thykier is like all my Christmas’s have come at once. I can’t wait to start.”

Kris Thykier added, ““School for Santas” is a project that’s very close to my heart. To be able to work again with Working Title Films and with James Corden, with whom I’ve had such an amazing year, is like Christmas has come early.”

Tim Bevan, co-chairman of Working Title Films says, “We are pleased to be developing another project with Kris and excited to be working with James Corden, who is definitely one of Britain’s brightest stars. Working Title have always loved Christmas and “School for Santas” feels like a gift.“

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