VIDEO: First Look - Crackle's Animated Holiday Special SUPERMANSION: WAR ON CHRISTMAS

Crackle, Sony's free streaming service, has shared the trailer for the highly-anticipated, holiday-themed installment of the Emmy(R)-nominated "SuperMansion." The original special, SUPERMANSION: WAR ON CHRISTMAS debuts on Thursday, December 8 with voiceover stars Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad"), Emmy(R) Award-winner Keegan-Michael Key ("Key & Peele"), and Seth Green ("Family Guy") are joined by guest stars Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") and Gary Anthony Williams (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows).

"SuperMansion: War On Christmas" focuses on a dysfunctional group of self-righteous superheroes, The League of Freedom, who can't agree on anything, but must band together to save Christmas when an interstellar imp, Mr. Skibumpers (Jim Parsons), unleashes a real-life Santa Claus (Gary Anthony Williams) who experiences an existential crisis and runs amok. Ultimately, the team comes to understand that their differences of opinion are what the holiday spirit is all about.

Also returning to the seasonal special are voiceover stars Jillian Bell (22 Jump Street), Anton Yelchin (Star Trek), Dan Stevens ("Downton Abbey"), Heidi Gardner (The Groundlings), Tucker Gilmore (Frozen), and Zeb Wells ("Robot Chicken").

"SuperMansion: War On Christmas" is created and produced by Matthew Senreich ("Robot Chicken") and Zeb Wells who also serves as a writer. Seth Green, John Harvatine IV, Eric Towner, Tom Root, Bryan Cranston, James Degus and Moon Shot Entertainment join as executive producers with production by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.

Season two of "SuperMansion" will return in early 2017, as previously announced at the Crackle upfront in April. You can binge-watch all 13 episodes of season one for free on Crackle now.

The original special and new season of the Emmy-nominated series builds on Crackle's growing slate of original premium content, which includes season two of the original drama series "The Art of More," with Dennis Quaid, Kate Bosworth, Cary Elwes and Christian Cooke (which returned on November 16); the network's newest drama, "StartUp," with Martin Freeman, Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi and Otmara Marrero; the upcoming original comedy movie Mad Families with Charlie Sheen and Leah Remini; the weekly live game show series "Sports Jeopardy!" with Emmy(R) award-winning sportscaster Dan Patrick; the flagship Emmy(R)-nominated, award-winning series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" with Jerry Seinfeld; and the upcoming "Snatch," based on the iconic British cult film, starring Dougray Scott, Rupert Grint, Luke Pasqualino and Lucien Laviscount . Crackle original movies include Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser, starring David Spade, the first ever digital sequel to a major motion picture; Dead Rising: Endgame starring Jesse Metcalfe and Dennis Haysbert; and Dead Rising: Watchtower.

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