The Three Wise Kings vs Santa (Spanish: Reyes contra Santa) is a 2022 Spanish Christmas comedy film directed by Paco Caballero. It stars Karra Elejalde, David Verdaguer, and Matías Janick as the Three Wise Men alongside Adal Ramones, Andrés Almeida and Eva Ugarte, Isa Montalbán, Cosette Silguero, and Laura Quirós, among others.
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Plot
The Three Wise Men and Santa vie for the children's attention, unbeknownst that their struggle will wake the Krampus from its slumber.
Production
The screenplay was penned by Carmen López-Areal, Benjamín Herranz, Jelen Morales and Eric Navarro. The Three Wise Kings vs Santa is a Morena Films and Melchor, Gaspar y Baltasar AIE production, and it had the participation of Prime Video and RTVE and support from the Government of Castilla–La Mancha. Shooting locations included Toledo, Segovia, Madrid and the Canary Islands. Shooting had already wrapped by May 2022. David Valldepérez worked as cinematographer, Nacho Ruiz Capillas as film editor whilst Pilar Onares was responsible for the music.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the 19th Seville European Film Festival in November 2022. Distributed by Tripictures, it was set to open in Spanish theatres on 18 November 2022 and to be released on Amazon Prime Video following the theatrical window.