North Pole (film series)

North Pole is an series of epic high fantasy Christmas war films owned by Warner Bros. Pictures and inspired mainly by First World War.

The first film in the series was North Pole (2023) directed by Bill Condon, which received positive reception from critics and audiences, and became a commercial success with a gross of $1.165 billion. The film was followed by a two installments forming a trilogy; North Pole 1918 directed by Alfonso Cuarón was released in November 2025, grossing 1.52 billion and North Pole: The Last Stand is schredule for a relese in 2030.

The first two films received "almost unanimous" positive reception from critics, while the third received mixed reviews and has been commercially successful. Grossing $3.97 billion worlwide is the 19th-highest-grossing film series of all time. A theme park attraction based in the films is set to open sometime in the 2020s, and Warner Bros. is developing an untitled television series for HBO Max.

Films
The main North Pole film series is a trilogy released from 2023 to 2030. The first two installment chronicles the sequence of events that occurred in the War on Christmas between the years 1915 and 1918 with the third part exploring the aftermath of it, and the pursuit of Krampus' remaining allies..

North Pole (2023)

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In a cold, desolate and turbulent time at the North Pole after the christmas dissolution thanks to the Great Human War, a massive deadly conflict breaks out and looms over the Snowy North thanks to the opposing side of Krampus against the forces of Santa Claus. North Pole was directed by Bill Condon and released on December 15, 2023.

North Pole 1918 (2025)
It is year 1918, it has been 3 years since the allied forces from the north, including Claus and his faithful elves, began a brutal fight against Krampus and his deadly military and guerrilla lines. The great conflict, which had expanded to a front across all the arctic islands, is now directly attacking the snowy forts of Greater Greenland. North Pole 1918, directed by Alfonso Cuaron was released on November 21, 2025.

North Pole: The Last Stand (2030)
3 months after the invasion of Greenland and the boiling of the conflict in front of the Opponents and Krampus makes the southeast territory the cusp of the end of the conflict while Claus and his elves are preparing for the last battles of the Great War. North Pole 3 was directed by Alfonso Cuarón and was released on November 13, 2020.

Future
Warner Bros. is developing that multiple North Pole spin-off films announced in a press release in September 2030, with two films planned to released in the next three to five years.

Television
Following the premiere of North Pole 1918, a live TV miniseries in early development on HBO was announced to launch on the Max streaming service, with a tentative release date of 2027. An animated microseries has also been considered.

Premise

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The North Pole film series depicts a total fictional universe based on Christmas folklore, where a massive war broke out in the 1910s between the opposing forces of Santa Claus and Krampus In a setting that exists in a timeline parallel to World War I. The main installments tell us the events of the conflict (typically named as  'The War'  or 'The North Pole War') between 1915 and 1919, with S. Claus as a semi-recurring/main character, all under the eyes of elven 'soldiers' in the troops. The possibility is explored that, thanks to the worldwide gridlock due to massive conflict in humanity, Krampus found the perfect time to sneak up on his opponents and erupt into war; the beginning, periods of war, and primary Allied victory are seen in the movies. The World War II and Cold War is also sometimes alluded, and other high-profile war and conflicts of the 20th century are used as references and parallels in other media throughout the franchise.

Cast
Main article: List of North Pole film series characters

Books
In 2024, after the release of the first film, Rob Kidd became interested in creating canonical books to accompany the franchise. From 2016 to 2020, a general terminology was created for all canon narrative material released alongside the trilogy, with side stories, prequels, and sequels to the films in the different books, without directly clashing with their narrative; the first book was The Alpha. Additionally, novelizations and art books were released for each film, which are also considered completely canon.

Further
