Latest BAD SANTA 2 Trailers and TV Spot Watch the latest BAD SANTA 2 trailers and TV spot! 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.