Schwarzenegger’s Santa Hires Reacher in The Man with the Bag Trailer

Santa Calls In the Naughty List

Amazon MGM Studios’ official synopsis sets up the job: when Santa’s (Schwarzenegger) iconic red bag is stolen by a rogue elf with a grudge (Awkwafina), Christmas is suddenly at risk. With his biggest night of the year fast approaching, Santa recruits a thief (Ritchson) from his Naughty List, who quickly assembles a crew of criminally skilled misfits, with a little help from elves and reindeer, to pull off the most unexpected heist of their lives.

The trailer, tagged “Naughty, meet Nice”, plays up the odd-couple pairing of Schwarzenegger’s Santa and Ritchson’s Vance, an elite thief and father, against Awkwafina’s gleefully villainous elf. The film marks Schwarzenegger’s return to the Christmas genre 30 years after Jingle All the Way.

Adam Shankman (Hairspray) directs from a script by Allan Rice. Berkeley James, Michael Cyril Creighton, Liza Koshy, Kyle Mooney, Jane Krakowski and Ken Jeong also star, and Ritchson is a producer alongside Lawrence Grey, Ben Everard, Reg Tigerman and Dan Spilo. The film is rated PG in the US and runs 111 minutes. This full trailer follows the teaser we covered in October, Trailer Drop — The Man With The Bag (2026): Official Teaser. For everything else arriving this festive season, see Christmas TV 2026: What’s On UK TV and Streaming This Christmas.