Fred Claus 2 North Pole Hustle (2026)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz
The most wonderful time of the year has just become the most dangerous. Fred Claus 2: North Pole Hustle takes the idyllic, snow-covered winter wonderland and transforms it into an unexpected battlefield of glitter, high technology, and holiday chaos. Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) and his long-suffering brother Santa Claus (Paul Giamatti) are once again forced to team up to save the entire season. But this time, it is the formidable women of the North Pole—Charlene (Elizabeth Banks) and Wanda (Rachel Weisz)—who are strategically calling all the shots and setting the rules of engagement.
Elizabeth Banks returns to the North Pole, trading in any pretense of innocent holiday cheer for a focused, icy determination. Clad in custom couture winter gear that perfectly blends high fashion aesthetic with tactical utility, she swiftly transforms the main toy production shop into a high-tech command center. Charlene is no longer simply the helpful partner; she is now leading an elite, highly trained squad of elves with a stylish vengeance. She proves conclusively that successfully saving Christmas requires far more than just traditional magic and goodwill—it demands sharp attitude and military precision.
The festive atmosphere is shattered when a hostile corporate takeover threatens to completely liquidate the North Pole operations, turning the entire magical enterprise into a soulless, profit-driven machine. The familiar sleigh ride suddenly gets much rougher, faster, and more explosive as the extended Claus team faces a massive, high-stakes heist mission: they must steal back the legendary Naughty List, which contains the crucial data needed to run the operation. It is the brilliant women of the North Pole who decisively step up to the challenge, armed not just with their sharp wit and undeniable charisma, but also with highly advanced candy cane shaped gadgets and experimental elf technology.
Packed with relentlessly sharp, quick-fire humor, high-octane festive adrenaline, and dazzling visual effects, Fred Claus 2 delivers the true holiday spirit with a necessary, rebellious twist. In the middle of this unpredictable, high-stakes snowstorm, being merely nice is proving to be vastly overrated. Sometimes, you absolutely have to be wonderfully naughty to successfully save the day, and nobody executes a mission with more unexpected style and effectiveness than the women of the Claus family.