Regina Hall is set to join Jennifer Aniston and Peter Dinklage in Naughty, the upcoming Universal comedy from director Olivia Wilde, Deadline reports exclusively. Jimmy Warden wrote the script, which originated from his own spec, with Universal dating the film for a November 5, 2027 theatrical release.
Naughty follows Mallory, played by Aniston, whose only path to securing custody of her son from her manipulative ex is tracking down Santa Claus, played by Dinklage, and convincing him to testify at her divorce hearing. While unconfirmed, sources say Hall will play a friend who joins Aniston’s character on her trip to the North Pole. The film marks Wilde’s follow-up to The Invite, which earned some of the best reviews of the year and became one of 2026’s standout theatrical comedies after a high-profile Sundance bidding war landed it at A24.
Hall’s casting adds to what’s already one of the busiest years of her career. She recently starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-winning One Battle After Another alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro, a role that earned her some of her strongest reviews to date. She also appeared in Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend opposite Jennifer Garner, Chloë Sevigny, and Gemma Chan, which became the platform’s most-watched scripted title ever, and reprised her role as Brenda Meeks in Scary Movie 6, this year’s top-grossing R-rated comedy. Hall is currently filming Lizard Music alongside Dwayne Johnson for Amazon MGM Studios, and has Nick Stoller’s Judgment Day opposite Will Ferrell and Netflix’s limited series Rabbit, Rabbit opposite Adam Driver still ahead of her, along with a long-anticipated Girls Trip 2 currently in pre-production alongside Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish.
LuckyChap is producing Naughty alongside Wilde and Warden, with Sara Scott and Jacqueline Garell overseeing the project for Universal. Hall is represented by Independent Artist Group.
With Hall’s casting still unconfirmed in its specifics and a cast this stacked already forming around Wilde’s follow-up to a breakout directorial debut, the real anticipation now builds toward how much comedic range this ensemble gets to work with once filming begins.