Christmas Comin'

Christmas Comin' is a canceled 1972 film directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures which would've starred Christopher Lloyd as Santa Clause. The film would have been about Santa and his wife Ms. Clause trying to restore the Christmas joy with his elfs after a man (Gene Wilder) steals it. The film began production in 1969, in which which Wilder (Billy) was announced as the director.

Julie Andrews was cast as Ms. Clause in 1970. The story was by Steven Spielberg, William Goldman, along with Billy Wilder too and was produced by Frank Marshall. Spielberg's collaborater John Williams was onset to compose while then, Warner Bros. Pictures signed on to distribute the film. Filming began on September 2, 1971 and then ended on February 8, 1972. The elfs and reindeer were animated by Filmation as their first and only film, later working on The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show. One of Filmation's founders Lou Scheimer served as the animation director.

The film was speculated to release on December 23, 1972, two days before Christmas would come, but was canceled for an unknown reason. Four decades later on May 16, 2012, screenwriter Steven Spielberg released the script for the film.

Synopsis
Christmas is coming in December, and the legendary Santa Clause and his group of elfs are getting ready to deliver presents all around the world in one night to children all around the world! However, a man named Jose Mercury takes all of the joy away by stealing Santa's five sacks of gifts so the children won’t be happy. So Santa and his wife Mrs. Clause along with some elfs and their reindeer must travel all around the world to find all five bags and get them back from Jose.

Cast

 * Christopher Lloyd as Santa Clause
 * Gene Wilder as Jose Mercury
 * Julie Andrews as Mrs. Clause

Animation voices

 * James Earl Jones as Evkermans and Cupid, one of Santa's elfs.
 * Mel Blanc as Comet, Dasher, Dancer, Blitzen, Rudolph, five of Santa's reindeer.
 * Chris Plummer as Vixen, one of Santa's reindeer.
 * Vic Morrow as Dasher and Prancer, two of Santa's reindeer.
 * Frank Welker as Various