# SuperKlaus

SuperKlaus, previously known as 4 Days Before Christmas (French: 4 jours avant Noël) is a 2024 animated Christmas superhero comedy film directed by Steven Majaury and Andrea Sebastiá. The film is an original idea of François Trudel and was written by Phil Ivanusic-Vallée and Sylvie Bélanger. It features the voices of Harland Williams, Colm Feore, Milie Davis and Paul Van Dyck. The story follows Santa who believes he is his favourite hero SuperKlaus and must save Christmas with the help of his head executive elf and an 11-year-old girl named Billie.

## Plot

Longing for wilder adventures, Santa Claus' wish comes true when he accidentally bumps his head and starts believing he's SuperKlaus, the famous super-heroic Christmas Crusader. With the help of Billie a tech-savvy 11-year-old, and Leo his "Elf-xecutive" assistant, "SuperKlaus" will take on a megalomaniacal toy-obsessed businessman to save Christmas.

## Voice cast

* Harland Williams as Santa Claus who loves his job, but dreams of great adventures.
** Harland Williams also voices SuperKlaus, the famous super-heroic Christmas Crusader.
* Millie Davis as Billie, a bold, tech-savvy 11-year-old and a big fan of SuperKlaus.
* Paul Van Dyck as Leo, a sensitive, perfectionist, hardworking, elf
* Colm Feore as Frank Fafnir, a crooked business man with a double agenda.
* Colm Feore also voices Grumpus, SuperKlaus' archenemy.
* Lucinda Davis as Billie's mom, an engineer who is passionate about her delivery drones.
* Daniel Antonio Hidalgo as Billie's dad, a brilliant engineer and handyman, who has a quick mind and is full of humour.
* Tallula Dinsmore as Alicia, Billie's neighbour and new friend.
* Eleanor Noble as Alicia's mom.
Wyatt Bowen, Lucinda Davis, Tallula Dinsmore, Paul Van Dyck, Daniel Antonio Hidalgo and Eleanor Noble also lend their talent to additional voices.

## Production

The film is a Spain-Canada co-production between 3Doubles Producciones S.L., Capitán Araña S.L., Smartrek Films A.I.E. and PVP Media with the participation of RTVE, Canal+, RTVC and Radio-Canada as well as the financial support of Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts, the Government of the Canary Islands, Bell Fund, Canada Media Fund, Quebecor Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, Crea SGR and ICO. The 3D animation was done in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It is distributed internationally by Pink Parrot Media, in Canada and France by PVP Distribution and in Spain by Filmax.
Family Channel acquired the series and the feature length in November 2024.

## Release

SuperKlaus premiered in Catalan language at the Stiges Festival in Barcelona, Spain on October 6th, 2024. The film was released in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2024 by Altitude Film Distribution, following a DVD and VOD release on December 2. It was released in Spain on December 5, 2024.
It was released on November 15th as a series of 4 episodes of 22 minutes in English on WildBrain's Family Channel on Demand and will be on-air as a series as of November 29th, 2024 and as the full movie on December 7th.
The French version 4 jours avant Noël was released on Radio-Canada's streaming service tou.tv on December 3rd and on air on December 21st 2024 as the complete film.
On its French territories, Canal+ released SuperKlaus in French as the series of 4 episodes of 22 minutes as of December 21st, 2024 and as a full feature on December 22.