2022’s Violent Night was a fun diversion from cloying and sentimental Christmas movies, and director Tommy Wirkola is back with a second movie in the series, out this December. Violent Night 2 will be in cinemas from 4th December, and a new trailer gives us an idea of what to expect. But let’s not forget plans for Violent Night 2 were confirmed in 2023, and multiple drafts of the scripts had been written by mid-2024 — not to mention entering production by the end of that year. This is not the first 2026 Christmas movie to star an actor more contentious than he once was too. The original Violent Night was a solid success, netting $76.6 million at the box office off a $20 million production budget.