Netflix Animated Holiday Film THAT CHRISTMAS Gets Streaming Premiere Date

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The animated holiday film THAT CHRISTMAS has set a Netflix streaming premiere date, arriving on the platform on December 6th, 2024.

That Christmas is directed by Simon Otto, in his directorial debut, and based on a series of children's books by Richard Curtis (Love Actually). It stars the voices of Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, Lolly Adefope, Alex Macqueen, Katherine Parkinson, Sindhu Vee, India Brown, Zazie Hayhurst, Sienna Sayer, Jack Wisniewski, Rosie Cavaliero, Paul Kaye, Guz Khan, Andy Nyman, Kuhu Agarwal, Bronte Smith, Freddie Spry, Ava Talbot, Bill Nighy, and Rhys Darby.

The film follows a series of entwined tales about love and loneliness, family and friends, and Santa Claus making a big mistake, not to mention an enormous number of turkeys! This comedy from Locksmith Animation marks Curtis’ first foray into animation, serving as the film’s writer and executive producer, and it’s also the feature directorial debut of renowned animation veteran Otto (Love, Death & Robots, How to Train Your Dragon films). Nicole P. Hearon (Moana, Frozen films) and Adam Tandy (The Thick of It, Detectorists) are producers. Ed Sheeran will write a song for the film.

“I hope it’s going to be a film that makes people happy — perhaps more than once,” Curtis said. “I hope it’ll remind people of the joy and complexity of Christmas, and some of the joys and comedy and heartbreak of childhood. And then there’s a very special thing for me, that the film takes place in a town very much like my own in Suffolk. I hope they’ll love the sense of the place — and go away with a new, delightful, simple English world in their heads.”

We’ve added the release date to our streaming calendar. Check out some additional first-look images below.