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George Lopez to headline Aloha Santa

George Lopez is set to star in holiday comedy “Aloha Santa”.

Lopez will play Chris Cringle, the immature adopted son of Santa Claus, who finds his world turned upside down when his father passes away and leaves the duties of being Santa Claus to him. When he accidentally crash lands his sleigh in Hawaii during a test flight, Chris Cringle must figure out a way to get home in time for Christmas.

Jonathan Yudis will direct from the script he wrote with Adam “Tex” Davis and Mike Davis. Production will kick off in Maui in December.

Yudis, Eric Gilliom and Dominique Telson will produce. JC Spink,  Jamie Foxx, Mark Bakshi, Gato Scatena and Jordan Rosner will exec produce.

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