The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause is a 2006 American fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Lembeck. It is the third film in The Santa Clause trilogy following The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause. The film stars Tim Allen returning as Scott Calvin/Santa Claus and Martin Short as Jack Frost. Allen and Short had previously worked together in the 1997 Disney comedy feature film, Jungle 2 Jungle. Eric Lloyd returns in a smaller role as Santa's son Charlie, as do many of the supporting actors from the first two films, reprising their previous roles. However, David Krumholtz, who previously played Bernard the Arch-elf, does not appear in this one because of contractual issues, and so Curtis (played by Spencer Breslin), who was previously the Assistant Head Elf, has now been promoted to his former position.
This was the last film to feature Peter Boyle, as he died from cancer one month after its release. The 2008 film All Roads Lead Home would be released posthumously.
Production was completed in February 2006. The movie was released in theaters on November 3, 2006 in the US followed by a release date of November 24 for the UK.
The DVD and Blu-ray were released on November 20, 2007 in the U.S. and November 12, 2007 for the UK.
The film was scheduled as a Disney Channel Original Movie but was then expanded to a full theatrical release.
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