A trailer has been released for the animated Netflix film That Christmas, starring Brian Cox (Succession) as Santa Claus. IndieWire reported that writer/director Richard Curtis (Love Actually, About Time) adapted the script from his bestselling children's book series, and shares screenplay credit with Peter Souter. For the film, elements from Curtis's books That Christmas, Snow Day, and The Empty Stocking are used.
Character animator and story artist Simon Otto (How to Train Your Dragon) makes his directorial debut with the project. The ensemble cast includes Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, Rhys Darby, 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, and Ava Talbot. Bill Nighy also reunites with his Love Actually filmmaker Curtis for a cameo role.
Nicole P. Hearon (Moana, Frozen) and Adam Tandy (The Thick of It, Detectorists) are producers, with Curtis, That Christmas book illustrator Rebecca Cobb, Mary Coleman, Natalie Fischer, Julie Lockhart, Elisabeth Murdoch, Bonnie Arnold, Lara Breay, Sarah Smith, and Colin Hopkins executive producing.