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FATMAN Review: Mel Gibson Serves The Fans With A Badass Santa With Neo-Western Thrills And Notable Satire

Imagining Santa Claus as anything more than a lighthearted, kid-friendly figurative Christmas fixture in movies goes quite the route from the latest work of directors Ian and Eshom Nelms. For this, it’s not every season that a film like Fatman comes around what with all the potboiler Holiday movies and the occassional reminder of Tim Allen in a fatsuit for that one film franchise that’s probably airing on some channel on TV or something or another.

FATMAN: Mel Gibson’s Santa Has A Not-So-Special Present For His Enemies In The Official Trailer

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Santa Claus has had it with everyone’s shit this year, and he’s letting off some steam in Fatman, the new action comedy from Small Town Crime duo Ian and Eshom Nelms.

Dark Comedy FATMAN Shoots Next Year Starring Mel Gibson

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If you’ve been keeping score with all things Cannes, you’ve likely come across news about Mel Gibson’s new dark action comedy, Fatman, which shoots early next year following the release of his next thriller, Boss Level, featuring Frank Grillo.

Terrorist Thriller, CAPTURE, Sets Up At Thunder Road With ‘Small Town Crime’ Directors

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Writing/directing sibling duo Ian and Eshom Nelms (Small Town Crime) are officially gearing up for Thunder Road Pictures’s latest, Capture. Mia Galuppo’s exclusive at The Hollywood Reporter broke the story which notes plot details that center on an ex-cop in a race against time to prove his innocence and put a stop to a looming wave of devastating terrorist attacks aimed at San Francisco.

Albert Torres wrote the screenplay which was developed with Fermion Films. Thunder Road is producing the film with 3 Arts, and with Riverstone Entertainment financing the pic. The film hails as the fifth feature length outing for the Nelms brothers since debuting together on Squirrel Trap in 2004, and earning several festival nominations and wins on later films, including Lost On Purpose (2013) and Waffle Street (2015).

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Trailer: Nelms Bros.’ SMALL TOWN CRIME Wakes Up With Big Time Murder Mystery And Dark Comedy

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Select theatrical releases in the U.S. and Canada are still in tow for January 19. The film is available on-demand as of last month depending on where you look but at least there’s some trailer footage circulating about.