A Christmas Story Sequel Gets First Teaser Trailer: Watch



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Ralphie is prepared to marque his spell backmost successful A Christmas Story Christmas.

In the nostalgia-heavy archetypal teaser trailer for HBO Max's upcoming sequel to the 1983 accepted A Christmas Story, acquainted sets from the archetypal movie are proven arsenic iconic traces from the movie play implicit a festive instrumental track.

At the extremity of the preview, protagonist Ralphie (Peter Billingsley), present each grown up, is shown successful a near-up, mounting connected his glasses and smiling.

"Ho ho ho," fans tin wage attraction astatine the extremity of the trailer — a motion to the memorable 2nd wrong the archetypal movie wherever the mall Santa Claus pushes Ralphie down the slide. The country performs retired aft Ralphie requests a noticeably coveted Red Ryder BB weapon for Christmas and the Santa tells him, "You'll sprout your oculus out, child."

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A Christmas Story Christmas is directed by utilizing Clay Kaytis. Aside from reprising his relation arsenic Ralphie, Billingsley, present 51, is producing the assment. The movie is written by mode of Nick Schenk, who besides serves arsenic enforcement producer.

Alongside Billingsley, the movie is likewise produced by utilizing Vince Vaughn via the pair's Wild West Picture Show Productions for Legendary and Warner Bros.

The authentic A Christmas Story is astir wrong the 1940s and follows nine-yr-vintage Ralphie and his penchant to execute a Red Ryder BB firearm for Christmas.

The forthcoming sequel, accordant with The Hollywood Reporter, "will instrumentality country successful the Nineteen Seventies and sees an grownup Ralphie spell backmost to his location connected Cleveland Street to present his kids a mystical Christmas similar the 1 helium had increasing up."

The outlet introduced that those moving connected the movie anticipation to "recreate the identical real-lifestyles code of the archetypal film" by displaying a grown Ralphie "reconnect with aboriginal beingness friends" and "reconcile the passing of his Old Man" (Darren McGavin wrong the 1983 movie).

They besides program to encompass "callbacks to the archetypal film," which formerly inspired respective related projects specified arsenic tv movie diversifications, a theatrical sequel, a direct-to-video sequel and signifier play and philharmonic adaptions.

Fox adjacent aired A Christmas Story Live! successful 2017, starring Matthew Broderick, Maya Rudolph, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jane Krakowski, Ana Gasteyer and extra, proposing Andy Walken arsenic young Ralphie.

A Christmas Story Christmas debuts Nov. 17 connected HBO Max.