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SuperKlaus, previously known as 4 Days Before Christmas (French: 4 jours avant Noël) is a 2024 animated family, Christmas, adventure film directed by Steven Majaury and Andrea Sebastiá. The film is an original idea of François Trudel and was written by Phil Ivanusic-Vallée and Sylvie Bélanger (in development). It features the voices of Harland Williams, Colm Feore, Milie Davis and Paul Van Dyck. The story follows Santa who believes he is his favourite hero SuperKlaus and must save Christmas with the help of his head executive elf and an 11-year-old girl named Billie.

Plot

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Longing for wilder adventures, Santa Claus’ wish comes true when he accidentally bumps his head and starts believing he’s SuperKlaus: the famous super-heroic Christmas Crusader. With the help of Billie a tech-savvy 11-year-old, and Leo his "Elf-xecutive" assistant, “SuperKlaus” will take on a megalomaniacal toy-obsessed businessman to save Christmas.

Voice Cast

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  • Harland Williams as Santa Claus who loves his job... but dreams of great adventures.
  • Harland Williams also voices SuperKlaus, the famous super-heroic Christmas Crusader.
  • Millie Davis as Billie, a bold, tech-savvy 11-year-old and a big fan of SuperKlaus.
  • Paul Van Dyck as Leo, a sensitive, perfectionist, hardworking... Santa’s right hand is also a nervous wreck.
  • Colm Feore as Frank Fafnir, a crooked business man with a double agenda.
  • Colm Feore also voices Grumpus, SuperKlaus archenemy.
  • Lucinda Davis as Billie's mom, an engineer who is passionate about her delivery drones.
  • Daniel Antonio Hidalgo as Billie's dad, a brilliant engineer and handyman, who has a quick mind and is full of humor.
  • Tallula Dinsmore as Alicia, Billie's neighbour and new friend.
  • Eleanor Noble as Alicia's mom.
  • Wyatt Bowen, Lucinda Davis, Tallula Dinsmore, Paul Van Dyck, Daniel Antonio Hidalgo and Eleanor Noble also lend their talent to additional voices.
    SuperKlaus
    Directed bySteven Majaury
    Andrea Sebastiá
    Written byPhil Ivanusic-Vallée
    Story bySylvie Bélanger
    Produced byDario Sanchez
    Nacho La Casa
    François Trudel
    StarringHarland Williams
    Colm Feore
    Millie Davis
    Paul Van Dyck
    Lucinda Davis
    Daniel Antonio Hidalgo
    Tallula Dinsmore
    Eleanor Noble
    Wyatt Bowen
    Music byDiego Navarro
    Simple Plan
    Production
    companies
    3Doubles Producciones
    Capitán Araña
    Smartrek A.I.E.
    PVP Media
    Distributed byPink Parrot Media
    (Worldwide sales)
    PVP Distribution (Canada/France)
    Filmax (Spain)
    Release date
    2024
    CountriesSpain
    Canada
    LanguagesSpanish
    English
    French
    Catalan

Production

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The film is a Spain-Canada co-production between 3Doubles Producciones S.L., Capitán Araña S.L., Smartrek Films A.I.E. (Spain) and PVP Media(Canada) with the participation of RTVE (Spain), Canal+ (France), RTVC (Canary Islands) and Radio-Canada (Canada) as well as the financial support of Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts, the Government of the Canary Islands, Bell Fund, Canada Media Fund, Quebecor Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, Crea SGR and ICO. The 3D animation was done in Tenerife in the Canary Islands[1]. It is distributed internationally by Pink Parrot Media, in Canada and France by PVP Distribution and in Spain by Filmax.

Release

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SuperKlaus premiered[2] in Catalan language at the Stiges Festival in Barcelona, Spain on October 6th, 2024.[3]

It was released on November15th as a series of 4 episodes of 22 minutes in English on WildBrain's Family Channel on Demand and will be on-air as a series as of November 29th, 2024 and as the full movie on December 7th.

The French version 4 jours avant Noël will be released on Radio-Canada's streaming service tou.tv on December 3rd and on air on December 21st 2024 as the complete film.

On its French territories, Canal+[4] will be releasing SuperKlaus in French as the series of 4 episodes of 22 minutes as of December 21st, 2024 and as a full feature on December 22.

References

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  1. ^ "El estudio tinerfeño 3 Doubles prepara el estreno de 'SuperKlaus' esta Navidad". www.eldia.es (in Spanish). 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  2. ^ FilaSiete (2024-11-13). "Animación española con SuperKlaus, estreno 5 de diciembre - FilaSiete". Fila Siete (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  3. ^ "Superklaus | Sitges Film Festival". sitgesfilmfestival.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  4. ^ "Annecy 2024 - Canal+ : Des ré-créations originales qui font sens". Le Film Français (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-15.