“Nutcrackers” Disney+ & Hulu Release Date Revealed

Last month at the Toronto Film Festival, Disney acquired a new holiday film, “Nutcrackers”, which stars Ben Stiller as a strait-laced and work-obsessed city slicker, who is thrust into being a caregiver for his rambunctious, orphaned nephews on their family farm.

David Gordon Green directed the film, and it also stars Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker, and Toby Huss.   The movie was filmed on a farm in Ohio and was written by Leland Douglas.

The story is about hotshot Chicago real estate developer Michael never had time for family. His sister once said he was incapable of love. But when Michael’s sister and her husband have a terrible accident, their house, farm, and four boys become Michael’s responsibility. He drives out to his sister’s small Ohio town, thinking all he needs to do is sign some papers and get back to the city, but it’s not nearly that simple.

With the parents gone, the boys are practically feral. Until the family services worker, can find them a home, their only guardian is Uncle Mike. Before he knows it, Michael is chasing chickens and providing improvised “health” classes. Desperate to free himself from inherited fatherhood, he’s both surprised and thrilled to learn his sister trained her boys in ballet. Can that make them cute enough to foster?

Deadline has revealed that Disney picked up worldwide rights for the film in a deal apparently worth eight-figures.  “Nutcrackers” will premiere on November 29th 2024 on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ in the United States and on Disney+ internationally.

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