James Nesbitt is worlds away from Cold Feet as he transforms into sleazy santa for twisted new Christmas film
SKY has released the first look pictures and trailer for a new Christmas movie starring Cold Feet’s James Nesbitt and The Sixth Commandment’s Timothy Spall.
The Heist Before Christmas will debut on Sky Max and NOW TV very soon.
James looks worlds away from his Cold Feet character, Irish charmer and a helpless womaniser, Adam Williams, in a new first-look trailer for an upcoming twisted Christmas film.
The actor will be playing a bank robber posed as Santa that rivals another, the real Santa played by Mr Turner star Timothy.
The Sky Original is set in Northern Ireland and tells the story of 12-year-old Mikey, played by young rising star Bamber Todd.
Also starring in The Heist before Christmas is The Nevers star Laura Donnelly, The Fall’s Bronagh Waugh, and Joshua McLees as Mikey and Sean Collins.
The film follows Mikey, a poor young boy who doesn’t believe in Christmas magic, Jingle Bells, and the spirit-of-the-season nonsense anymore, but everything changes when he finds two rookie Santa Clauses in the woods.
The pair reveal to the young boy that one of them had just robbed a bank (James) and is on the run from the police with the cash, while the other Santa (Timothy) claimed he had fallen out of his sleigh.
Mikey ignores the second Santa and wastes no time trying to get his hands on the bank robber’s cash, convinced that this is the solution to giving his family the Christmas they all deserve.
Meanwhile, his little brother Sean (Joshua) instantly treats the second Santa like a famous superstar.
But as Mikey prepares to risk everything for the loot while facing some challenges, reality dawns on him that maybe the spirit Christmas of Christmas is real.
James and Timothy have previously worked together on Lucky Break and shared their excitement about reuniting for the Christmas project.
Sky has yet to announce a release date but the film will air this festive season.