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Apple Original Films Making Animated Adaptation
of Children's Book 'Little Santa,'
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Apple Original Films will make an animated feature adaptation of
the popular children's book "Little Santa." The project will be
directed by Peter Baynton, who recently landed an Academy Award
for Apple's animated short "The Boy the Mole, the Fox and the
Horse."

The film will feature original songs from Oscar and
Grammy-winning songwriter, comedian, actor and writer Bret
McKenzie, who is best known for his work on "Flight of the
Conchords," and a script from Martin Hynes, who co-wrote the
Academy Award-winning "Toy Story 4." Julia Pistor
("The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie") will serve as producer.
"Little Santa" will be animated by WildBrain, including
pre-production by WildBrain's House of Cool. Hynes will also
serve as executive producer alongside McKenzie.

The book by author and illustrator Jon Agee asks how did Santa
become Santa? The film will follow young Santa Claus on an
Oz-like trek through the North Pole, where he meets and inspires
offbeat friends who will create Christmas.

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nal Films' in investing in the animation space, with
its upcoming slate including "Snoopy Unleashed," its first
original Peanuts feature. The company's film ambitions have been
harder to decipher. It scored at the box office with last year's
"F1: The Movie," but the streamer hasn't had a major theatrical
release since that film opened last summer. Its forthcoming films
include the Ben StilleraandaJake Johnson pickleball comedy
"The Dink," the Ryan Reynolds action comedy "Mayday," and
"Matchbox the Movie." Apple has had more success with its series
with the streamer releasing critically acclaimed shows such as
"The Studio," "Ted Lasso," "Slow Horses" and "Widow's Bay."



<https://au.variety.com/2026/film/news/apple-animated-little-santa-flight-of-the-conchords-bret-mckenzie-songs-37813/>




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