Kathy Bates will get to add "potty mouthed mother" to her long list of roles. She will star in Bad Santa 2.
Variety reports that Bates will join Billy Bob Thornton in the sequel as Thornton's mother.
As we previously reported, Mark Waters (Mean Girls) will be directing, with a script penned by Johnny Rosenthal, Doug Ellin and Shauna Cross. Geyer Kosinski and Andrew Gunn will produce.
Bad Santa 2's executive producers are Miramax’s Zanne Devine and David Thwaites; Broad Green’s Gabriel and Daniel Hammond; Jessica Tuchinsky and Doug Ellin. Waters will also executive produce.
The original 2003 film was reasonably successful, grossing $60 million domestically on a budget of $15 million. Production on the sequel is scheduled to start in January and the film hopes for a holiday release in 2016.
Bates currently stars on American Horror Story and has an Oscar for her performance in Misery. Among her next films is Melissa McCarthy's The Boss.
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