{"id":41266,"date":"2024-11-19T09:26:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=41266"},"modified":"2024-11-19T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:26:17","slug":"dear-santa-film-which-features-jack-black-as-satan-draws-criticism-from-audiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/11\/dear-santa-film-which-features-jack-black-as-satan-draws-criticism-from-audiences.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDear Santa\u201d Film Which Features Jack Black as Satan Draws Criticism From Audiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41227\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/11\/Dear-Santa-Movie_credit-Paramount.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41227\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/11\/Dear-Santa-Movie_credit-Paramount.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paramount<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDear Santa,\u201d the Jack Black-helmed Christmas movie featuring Black as Satan is receiving backlash from Christians. The film focuses on a boy named Liam who writes a letter to Santa, but mistakenly addresses it to \u201cSatan.\u201d Trailers of the film feature Black confronting the young Liam after receiving his letter, announcing, \u201cYou lucked out big time because I&#8217;m way better than Santa.\u201d He then offers to give Liam three wishes, but with a catch. \u201cBy the way, after you make your wishes, I&#8217;m taking your soul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trailer, released by Paramount, features Liam and Satan getting into a number of situations, some relatively benign such as joining Post Malone on stage and others featuring more debauched activities like gambling. From the trailers, it appears Satan\u2019s motive is to corrupt the young Liam, yet without much success. \u201cI\u2019ve tried everything. The kid\u2019s incorruptible,\u201d announces Satan. The film is rated PG-13, and despite its Christmas theme and young protagonist, it certainly gives off a much more adult aura.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions to the trailer were mixed. \u201cThis is disturbing they are trying to normalize and make Satan look like a fun goofy character in this new Jack Black Christmas\u2019s movie Dear Santa\u2026. They are relentlessly going after the children\u2026\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ReturnOfKappy\/status\/1857600712391168087\">wrote one user<\/a>. \u201cJack Black aside, how about no movies where kids befriend demons,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/whetherhead5\/status\/1854699408333418626\">wrote another<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cHollywood and their obsession with Satan SMH,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dameondle\/status\/1854666295205036036\">another noted<\/a>. Others pointed out their dislike for Black, particularly after the controversy that led to him canceling the rest of his Tenacious D tour. \u201cLooks funny, but good luck at getting parents to take their kids after mocking an assassination attempt,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RosanderJustin\/status\/1854641342695325964\">wrote a user<\/a>.\u00a0 Black canceled his band\u2019s remaining tour dates in July after bandmate Kyle Gass lamented the failed assassination attempt against now President-elect Donald Trump. \u201cDon\u2019t miss Trump next time,\u201d Gass said during a concert in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Black has dabbled with satanic imagery throughout his career. His film, <em>Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny<\/em> features the bad going head-to-head with Satan in order to save their own souls. The film itself has been 15 years in the making according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/news\/trailers\/dear-santa-trailer-jack-black-farrelly-brothers-1235063310\/\"><em>IndieWire<\/em>.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s a long-percolating movie, like all our movies,\u201d Peter Farrelly told <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jack-black-diabolical-fun-satan-dear-santa-first-look-exclusive-8740191?taid=672b852f2eec1a0001fb04a5&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\"><em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em>The film is set to be released November 25 on Paramount+ and other streaming services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDear Santa,\u201d the Jack Black-helmed Christmas movie featuring Black as Satan is receiving backlash from Christians. The film focuses on a boy named Liam who writes a letter to Santa, but mistakenly addresses it to \u201cSatan.\u201d Trailers of the film feature Black confronting the young Liam after receiving his letter, announcing, \u201cYou lucked out big&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":627,"featured_media":41227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-movies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cDear Santa\u201d Film Which Features Jack Black as Satan Draws Criticism From Audiences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/11\/dear-santa-film-which-features-jack-black-as-satan-draws-criticism-from-audiences.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cDear Santa\u201d Film Which Features Jack Black as Satan Draws Criticism From Audiences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cDear Santa,\u201d the Jack Black-helmed Christmas movie featuring Black as Satan is receiving backlash from Christians. 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