Arnold Schwarzenegger will star in the Christmas comedy “The Man With The Bag.''
The Terminator legend will be making his first film appearance in five years, co-starring Alan Ritchson in the film, which is scheduled to be filmed later this year.
Adam Shankman will direct the Amazon-MGM Studios film from a script by Alan Rice.
The plotline should look like this: “When Santa's magic bag is stolen, Santa goes through the naughty list and finds former thief Vance, who helps him get it back. Vance, along with his daughter Santa and a group of misfit elves, spend Christmas In order to pull off the biggest heist of my life in order to save the…
Casting details have not yet been revealed, but it is believed that Schwarzenegger will play Santa.
This is the first time Arnie has appeared in a festival film since 1996's Jingle All the Way, and the first time he has appeared in any kind of film since 2019's Terminator: The New Fate.
In the same year, he filmed the film Kung Fury 2, which was never released due to legal issues.
Arnie played the lead role in the Terminator series, but he believes the future of the series should go to other stars, and admitted last year that the movies were “done”.
“The series isn't over. I'm over it,” the 76-year-old actor told The Hollywood Reporter.
“With Terminator, the message was clear that the world wants to move on with other themes. Someone has to come up with a great idea.”
Arnie explained that he will always have fond memories of the series that made him a bona fide leading man.
“'The Terminator' was a big part of my success, so I always looked at it very fondly.”