The Santa Clause 2 is a 2002 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Lembeck and produced by Robert Newmyer, Brian Reilly, and Jeffrey Silver, from a screenplay written by Don Rhymer and the writing teams of Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, and Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, based on a story by Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick. It is the sequel to The Santa Clause (1994) and the second installment in The Santa Clause franchise. All of the principal actors from the first film, including Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, and David Krumholtz, reprise their roles, and are joined by Elizabeth Mitchell, Spencer Breslin, and Liliana Mumy.