Bad Santa 2 - November 23
Bad Santa wasn’t exactly a blockbuster hit in 2003, but a good black Christmas comedy is hard to find. With Billy Bob Thornton and Tony Cox playing a couple of professional thieves who take advantage of their mall-Santa gig to steal from department stores, it’s no wonder this movie’s achieved seasonal cult status over the years. Now, after years in development, comes Bad Santa 2, with Thornton and Cox back in their roles and director Mark Waters (Mean Girls) working from a script most recently rewritten by Entourage helmer Doug Ellin. Details of the plot have been kept under wraps, but the addition of Kathy Bates as Thornton’s mom should be good for a movie’s worth of holiday laughs all on its own.