Grom Social Enterprises, Inc.’s Curiosity Ink Media announced it will kick off production on its animated holiday movie, Santa.com, in September. The film, from a screenplay nominated for both Best Animated Film and Biggest International Market Potential at the 2023 Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, is being prepared for theatrical distribution in Fall 2025. The production commencement was confirmed by Curiosity Ink Media CEO Jared Wolfson.
“We are thrilled to unwrap production on this delightfully comedic, adventurous and heartfelt film,” says Wolfson. “Santa.com has been a labor of holiday love for us. This production commencement marks the culmination of unwavering support from partners and industry peers, and opens up an exciting door through which we expect to welcome many more relationships en route to establishing and nurturing the next great holiday tradition franchise.”
The film takes place in a world where Santa’s Workshop has undergone a technological revolution and where magic and tradition have been replaced with automation and efficiency. Even Santa himself has seemingly retired, leaving his operations in the hands of a new generation of tech-savvy elves. But when a grinchy computer hacker takes control of Santa’s Workshop and threatens to destroy Christmas unless Santa is handed over, Yoyo, a lovable but naïve, homeschooled elf, unexpectedly becomes the North Pole’s last hope at saving the day. Fortunately, Yoyo isn’t alone. Along with his cynical HR elf colleague, his loyal reindeer pup, and a misfit packaging drone, Yoyo sets off on a wild and heartwarming mission to find Santa, all while helping everyone rediscover the true magic of Christmas.
Santa.com is a co-production between Curiosity Ink Media and international production and distribution company Toon2Tango GmbH & Co. KG in Germany. The companies will work together throughout production on expanded distribution, licensing & merchandising deals for the film worldwide.
