I Still Believe In Santa Claus

As I write this it is snowing outside and I am sipping a steaming cup of hot chocolate wishing it was Christmas again. Although the holidays have long since past Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Lumenas Animation Studios has their mind on St. Nick himself.  The studio based out of Salt Lake City, has begun pre production on a film titled "The Legend of Santa Claus". The Colin Brady directed film is going to deal with the origin of young Nicholas during the 19th century and is being billed as the first part of a trilogy.

"After scouring archives and vaults throughout the world, we've uncovered some all-but-forgotten history while piecing together our hero's adventurous journey," Lumenas president and CEO Darin McDaniel, said of the project, the first feature from Lumenas, which has a full range of services for visual effects, feature animation and commercial work.

Brady has worked on such Pixar features as "Toy Story," "Toy Story 2" and "A Bug's Life," as well as on visual effects for "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events," "Hulk" and the special edition of "E.T." Tab Murphy, who received an Oscar nomination for "Gorillas in the Mist," is writing the screenplay. Mike Belzer is serving as animation director.