Disney Wants Kevin Hart as Santa Claus for 'Dashing Through the Snow'

What a day for Disney. First Ice Cube becomes Fagin in a new Oliver Twist musical, then Kevin Hart becomes Santa Claus. If the company locks up these Dashing Through the Snow negotiations, that is.

The Hollywood Reporter says the family Christmas movie is being produced by Will Packer, who worked on Hart's Ride Along as well as Straight Outta Compton. Packer adores eggnog season, having produced 2007's This Christmas and next month's Almost Christmas. There's no director for Dashing Through the Snow yet.