It’s been a long while since a new Christmas special aired on TV and became a classic along side Rudolph, Frosty and The Grinch. Now there’s a chance that a new one may be on the way. The only thing is, this one sounds a tad… different.

This coming holiday season will include Gotta Catch Santa, a new special being aired on one of the major networks that’s being called a “Rankin-Bass-esque” project. The special will apparently be animated and even delve into the naturally cheerful world of quantum physics and how jolly St. Nick (voiced by William Shatner) is able to pull off his miraculous one night gift run among other logical question marks. Some children try and win a contest by getting the elusive proof of Santa’s existence via photograph, but eventually have to team up with him to defeat a threat to the world we live in that’s described as “Frosty meets Cthulhu.”

Writing and directing this unique new Christmas tale is veteran writer Steven de Souza, whose credits include the screenplay for the first two Die Hard films, 48 Hours, and Beverly Hills Cop III. De Souza posed a question about the set up for Gotta Catch Santa in an effort to explain the movie’s premise …