EXCLUSIVE: David Kerr, the comedy director whose credits include Johnny English Strikes Again and Inside No. 9, has signed to helm Irish Christmas story Joy To The World. Script comes from Irish sc…
, which closed this year’s FrightFest., after a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus holds up a bank, a child disillusioned with Christmas encounters a man in the woods who, also dressed as Santa, claims to have fallen out of his sleigh. The pair strike up a friendship and go on an adventure.Producers are Kate McColgan for Irish outfit Calico Pictures and Vivien Muller-Rommel and Michael Lehmann for Studio Hamburg UK.
Casting is now underway. Kerr is doing a director’s pass of the script and shoot is provisionally set up for autumn 2020. The team are looking at filming in Northern Ireland but other options are being considered. Screenwriter Blaney said the project was inspired by his part-time teaching work in Northern Ireland.
“Christmas is a really difficult time of the year for some people. I wished the kids a happy Christmas and one of them, 12 years old, said, ‘Christmas is shite’. I knew there were some problems at home, no money in the family,” Blaney told“This is a Christmas adventure story with a darker edge. It’s about austerity, poverty at Christmas, how difficult that is for some people. It’s not quite Ken Loach at Christmas, it’s funnier than that.
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