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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Ritchson have a new partner for their upcoming holiday comedy, as a star of Shang-Chi joins the cast of The Man With the Bag. 1996 saw the release of Jingle All the Way, a madcap Christmas comedy starring the world’s biggest action hero as a flustered dad going all-out to snag the season’s most popular toy for his son. Almost 30 years later, Schwarzenegger has the holiday spirit again in The Man With the Bag, and this time he’s paired with an action hero of more recent vintage in Reacher star Ritchson.
The cast of Schwarzenegger and Ritchson’s holiday movie is indeed beginning to fill out, as Shang-Chi star Awkwafina joins those two action heavyweights for some Christmas laughs. Details on Awkwafina’s role are being kept gift-wrapped until a later date (via Deadline).
What This Means For The Man With The Bag
Awkwafina May Play A Misfit Thief In The Holiday Action-Comedy
Christmas is in need of saving in Schwarzenegger’s first holiday comedy since Jingle All the Way, as Santa (Schwarzenegger) has his magic bag stolen, and calls upon a naughty thief (Ritchson) to help him get it back. The film’s synopsis says the thief’s daughter and a band of misfits join him and Santa in executing a bag-retrieving heist, and it’s likely Awkwafina has been cast to play one of those misfits. YouTube star Liza Koshy is the only other cast-member to be revealed.
Schwarzenegger was all smiles when last December he posted to Instagram a BTS photo of himself and Ritchson on the Man With the Bag set. The image showed the Terminator star with his somewhat less-than-lush Santa Claus beard, alongside the Reacher actor in his inconspicuous master-thief attire. Schwarzenegger captioned the image with an enthusiastic update:
It is fantastic to be shooting The Man with the Bag with @alanritchson. Our director @adamshankman is one of the funniest directors I’ve worked with, New York City is an amazing host, working with @amazonmgmstudios is a joy, and I can’t wait to share all of this Christmas cheer with each and every one of you.
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