There is no doubt that 2022’s Violent Night was a smashing success, making over $75 million globally against a budget of $25 million. After making over $50 million dollars in profit, Violent Night’s director Tommy Wirkola has confirmed a sequel is in the works with Pat Casey and Josh Miller returning to pen the script. Shortly after the film hit theaters, producer Kelly McCormick told Collider that Violent Night 2 was already on the filmmaking team’s radar for upcoming projects saying, “We’re hoping to start working on a ‘Violent Night 2,’ if everything goes well the next few weeks.”
It looks like everything went according to plan as Wirkola recently told The Wrap that there will be more Christmases for Santa (David Harbour) to save. The director spoke about the sequel while discussing Violent Night’s upcoming home video release. He noted that deals are being made for the sequel to happen, revealing that it won’t begin filming anytime soon because the team has to figure out the script. Wirkola, however, added that there is a lot to work with, especially with the traditional Santa Claus mythology which includes the North Pole, Mrs. Claus, and the elves. Wirkola said:
