New Sky Christmas movie ‘a fairytale for our times’ – director
A new Christmas movie due to hit the small screen has been described as a “fairy tale for our times”.
Sky’s The Heist Before Christmas, starring James Nesbitt, tells the tale of two young brothers from a family who don’t have much money, who meet two Santa Clauses in the woods.
Nesbitt paid tribute to his young colleagues Bamber Todd, who plays 12-year-old Mikey Collins, and Joshua McLees, who plays seven-year-old Sean, for bringing magic to the screen.
Mikey, who hates Christmas, finds in the woods – one, played by Nesbitt, has just pulled off a bank heist and is on the run with the cash, while the other Santa, played by Timothy Spall, claims to have fallen out of his sleigh.
