SANTAMAN: REGIFTED

Feature · Animated · 98 pages
Status: Financing
When Christmas is stolen by a family of naughty-listers, crime-fighting Santaman must navigate a nightmarish new reality to stop a megalomaniacal dad named Dan Sipowitz, and his new holiday "Sipowitzmas."
Written by Colin O'Brien
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My It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia spec, "The Gang Catches Predators," was a top 5 finalist for the Nickelodeon Fellowship Writing Program. My sci-fi comedy feature MISS UNIVERSE was a finalist in the Scriptshadow 250, and my superhero comedy OUR HERO was a semifinalist in the 2022 ScreenCraft Family Screenplay Competition. Oh, and once I saw a b...
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PRAISE FROM READER'S COVERAGE "This script is incredibly fun to read, and really does feel pitch perfect for the genre. There were several moments that had *me* snickering... Even the title (Regifted) feels right and speaks to how fun the script is. The action sequences strike just the right balance of cartoony fun and games and actual kick-ass action... The obvious comparison to Batman with Santa is also very fun, and I'm sure will be appreciated by both kids and their parents." "SANTAMAN: RE-GIFTED is a surprising and continuously enjoyable adventure. There are a lot of strengths here: the script is actually funny, with the jokes being delivered rapid-fire; the plot takes lots of twists and turns, leaning into each ridiculous premise with sincerity; and the characters are fun, especially Santa, who doesn't have an unkind word anyone, even when they are trying to lock him in a tiny ice dungeon. Very fun." "I thought the world building in this script was outstanding. There are lots of surprising components of the world that bend the conventional ideas we have about Santa Claus (such as him being an action hero, the tribal elves, and then the dystopian universe where everyone must worship Dan). Your writing style, sense of humor, and the dialogue all also stood out as huge strengths. The message of the piece about greed in an almost fascist universe shines."