BAD SANTA 2 Teaser Trailer Don’t miss the new BAD SANTA 2 teaser trailer! The film, directed by Mark Waters (Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Mean Girls), stars Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Tony Cox, Christina Hendricks, Octavia Spencer, and Brett Kelly. BAD SANTA 2 will be released in theaters on November 23. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.