Anna Kendrick playing a female Santa Claus? Disney is ho-ho-hopeful.
 

Anna Kendrick playing a female Santa Claus? Disney is ho-ho-hopeful.
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LOS ANGELES — Christmas has come early this year: Anna Kendrick is in talks to play a female Santa Claus in the Disney project Nicole, Mashable has confirmed.

Plot details are scant at this point, and the project is still coming together — so the dream of seeing the Pitch Perfect star in trimmed red fur may still belong with the sugarplums. But a director is set in Marc Lawrence (Miss Congeniality 2), who also wrote the script.

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news Wednesday, it's a "holiday family adventure that centers on the coming of a female Santa." A source with k**wledge of the project told Mashable that talks are indeed underway, though ** dates for release or production start have been set. Read more...

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