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Eddie Murphy stars in his first holiday movie, and he wreaks havoc along the way!
On Wednesday, Prime Video dropped the trailer for the upcoming original film, Snoepgoedlaana Christmas comedy adventure about a Christmas competition that goes terribly wrong.
Eddie Murphy stars as Chris Carver, a man on a mission to win his neighborhood’s annual Christmas home decorating contest. After Chris accidentally makes a deal with a mischievous elf named Pepper (Jillian Bell) to increase his chances of winning, she casts a magical spell that brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life and causes chaos throughout the city.
At the risk of ruining the holidays for his family, Chris, his wife Carol (Tracee Ellis Ross) and their three children must race against time to break Pepper’s spell, battle devious magical characters and save Christmas for everyone. Because the Carvers aren’t just trying to save the holiday, they’re also trying to save Chris’ life. If Pepper’s spell turns out as she intends, the patriarch of the family will be turned into a statue.
“We’re not going to let her turn your dad into one of those Happy Meal toys,” Ross’s Carol says in the trailer. ‘We are the Carvers. We have to catch an elf.” Chris adds, “You messed with the wrong family!”
Thaddeus J. Mixson, Ken Marino, Nick Offerman, Robin Thede, Chris Redd, Genneya Walton, Madison Thomas, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Lombardo Boyar, DC Young Fly, Danielle Pinnock, Timothy Simons, Riki Lindhome and Stephen Tobolowsky also star in the holiday movie.
The film reunites Murphy with director Reginald Hudlin and producer Brian Grazer for the first time since 1992. Boomerangwith a screenplay written by Kelly Younger, and inspired by his own holiday experiences at Candy Cane Lane in El Segundo, California.
Snoepgoedlaan releases on Prime Video on December 1.
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