Sixteen years after the last installment of “The Santa Clause” movie franchise, Disney+’s limited series “The Santa Clauses” finds Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) trading his trusty reindeer for retirement.
The six-part revival follows a successful trilogy with Allen at the reins of Santa’s sleigh after St. Nick slid off Scott’s roof in the original “The Santa Clause,” released in 1994. Since Scott put on the red suit, he became Father Christmas. The movie raked in more than $190 million at the box office world wide. “The Santa Clause 2” (2002) earned more than $172 million, and “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” made more than $110 million.
Reviving the character seems like a slam-dunk for Disney+, which scored with September’s long-awaited sequel, “Hocus Pocus 2” the streaming platform’s most-watched movie.
