The full Candy Cane Lane trailer for Prime Video’s newest holiday comedy movie has been released, featuring Eddie Murphy as a competitive Christmas house decorator.
The video shows Murphy’s Chris mindlessly signing a deal with a naughty elf for the sake of achieving his Christmas wish of winning his neighborhood’s annual Christmas home decoration contest. He soon finds out about the dire consequences of his wish, which included him turning into a figurine. He enlists the help of his family to catch the bad elf before it’s too late. The film will start streaming on December 1 on Prime Video.
Check out the Candy Cane Lane trailer below (watch more trailers):
What is Candy Cane Lane?
“This holiday comedy adventure follows a man on a mission to win his neighborhood’s annual Christmas home decoration contest,” reads the synopsis. “After Chris inadvertently makes a deal with a mischievous elf named Pepper to better his chances of winning, she casts a magic spell that brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life, and wreaks havoc on the whole town. At the risk of ruining the holidays for his family, Chris, his wife Carol and their three children must race against the clock to break Pepper’s spell, battle deviously magical characters, and save Christmas for everyone.”
Candy Cane Lane is directed by Reginald Hudlin from a spec script written by Kelly Younger, which was inspired by Younger’s childhood holiday experiences. The film also stars Jillian Bell, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Ken Marino, Nick Offerman, Robin Thede, Chris Redd, Genneya Walton, Madison Thomas, D.C. Young Fly, Riki Lindhome, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Lombardo Boyar, Danielle Pinnock, and Timothy Simons.
It is produced by Murphy as part of his three-picture and first-look film deal with Amazon Studios, along with Brian Grazer, Karen Lunder, and Charisse Hewitt-Webster. It is executive produced by Doug Merrifield.
