Ben Stiller walks in over his head Nutcrackers.
PEOPLE has the exclusive first trailer for the new Christmas comedy, which marks Stiller’s first starring film role in seven years.
Stiller, 58, stars in the film as Mike, a “crazy and work-obsessed” man who, according to the synopsis, is “suddenly forced to be the caretaker” of his four “dissolute” nephews in rural Ohio after they are orphaned.
The nephews are played by real-life brothers Homer, 13, Ulysses, 11, Atlas, 8, and Arlo Janson, 8, in their film debuts.
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Ben Stiller (L) inside Nutcrackers (2024).
Courtesy of Nutcracker Productions LLC/Hulu.
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Nutcrackers comes from director David Gordon Green, who previously directed the recent Halloween trilogy, 2008 Pineapple Express and in 2023 Exorcist: Believer.
“I wanted to make a film without malice, cynicism or expectation,” Green, 49, said in a statement shared with the media. “It was a production experience that evolved with the sunrise and sunset on the farm and the ideas and attitudes of our children. The effort was to capture the heart and joy of making a film among the people we love. It was a film experience that felt like family while we laughed and cried and faced an unknown adventure together.”
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The Nutcracker poster.
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In the trailer (set to a background song of a selection from Tchaikovsky Nutcrackerof course) Michael is shown getting into a series of accidents with the kids that will eventually bring them all together.
“You know, if you love someone and they love you, that love doesn’t go away. It stays with you,” Michael says near the end of the trailer.
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Ben Stiller (L) inside Nutcrackers (2024).
Courtesy of Nutcracker Productions LLC/Hulu
Nutcrackers had its first night gala premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. The cast also includes Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker and Toby Huss.
Stiller spoke with Diversity in September about his return to acting after focusing more on directing, telling the paper, “I never thought I’d take this much time off acting.”
“It wasn’t intentional; things just developed that way,” he said Severance pay director and executive producer, who also helmed the 2019 limited series Escape to Dannemora. (His last major film role was in 2017 Brad’s status.)
Nutcrackers is on Hulu on November 29.
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