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Prime Video releases trailer for holiday film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

Prime Video has shared a trailer for The Man with the Bag, a new holiday action comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Ritchson.

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Prime Video released a trailer on Monday for the upcoming holiday action comedy film titled The Man with the Bag, UPI reported. The movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Santa Claus and Alan Ritchson, known for his role in Reacher, as a thief recruited from Santa's naughty list to help save Christmas. [1]

The new film features a holiday heist storyline and is scheduled to be released on the Prime Video streaming platform ahead of Christmas, according to reports by UPI, The Playlist, and IMDb. [1][5][6]

Schwarzenegger served as the 38th governor of California from 2003 to 2011 and is a cultural icon known for his roles in major action films, including The Terminator franchise and Predator. Prior to his political and acting careers, he won the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and captured seven Mr. Olympia body building championships between 1970 and 1980. [7][9]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, Schwarzenegger previously signed the landmark California Global Warming Solutions Act in 2006 during his tenure as governor to help reduce state greenhouse gas emissions. [10]

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In short

  • Prime Video released a trailer for the action comedy film The Man with the Bag.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Santa Claus alongside co-star Alan Ritchson.
  • The holiday movie is set to launch on Prime Video before Christmas.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Watch: Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Santa in 'The Man with the Bag'UPI, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to Christmas movies as Santa Claus in The Man with the BagThe Upcoming, 1h ago
  3. [3]'The Man With The Bag': new trailer and stills released for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Ritchson's Christmas filmEntertainment Focus, 1h ago
  4. [4]SANTA Asks REACHER To Be Naughty for Him in THE MAN WITH THE BAG TrailerNerdist, 1h ago
  5. [5]‘The Man With The Bag’ Trailer: Arnold Schwarzenegger Plays Santa Claus & Recruits Alan Ritchson For A Christmas HeistThe Playlist, 2h ago
  6. [6]The Man With The Bag Trailer: Arnold Schwarzenegger's Santa Claus Meets Jack Reacher In Holiday Heist ComedyIMDb, 1h ago

Background

  1. [7]Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wikipedia
  2. [8]Santa Monica (Everclear song) on Wikipedia
  3. [9]Arnold Schwarzenegger on Grokipedia
  4. [10]Gavin Newsom and Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrate California climate legislation anniversary FTMQ News, 18d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 10 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

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