{"id":1218,"date":"2024-12-05T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/love-actually-screenwriter-unveils-new-netflix-christmas-animation\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:00:47","slug":"love-actually-screenwriter-unveils-new-netflix-christmas-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red94.net\/news\/love-actually-screenwriter-unveils-new-netflix-christmas-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Actually Screenwriter Unveils New Netflix Christmas Animation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"jArticleInside\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"app_entry_lead\">\n        <picture><source  media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\"><br \/>\n        <\/source><\/picture>\n        Add another Christmas movie to Netflix\u2019s holiday lineup: &#8220;This Christmas&#8221; is now streaming. Here are some details about the show.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Even Santa Claus has challenging days! Netflix&#8217;s new animated Christmas comedy, &#8220;This Christmas,&#8221; captures these moments in a story filled with multiple plotlines, inspired by a trilogy of children&#8217;s books by writer-director Richard Curtis, known for classics such as <i>Love Actually<\/i>, <i>Four Weddings and a Funeral<\/i>, and <i>Notting Hill<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>To steer this sleigh full of surprises, the production tapped director Simon Otto, experienced in blending humor and emotion in animated films thanks to his work on the <i>How to Train Your Dragon<\/i> series. The voice cast features well-known actors including British actor Brian Cox, the formidable patriarch from the series <em>Succession<\/em>, delivering Santa&#8217;s &#8220;ho ho ho&#8217;s.&#8221; Irish actress Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia in the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> films) and British actress Jodie Whittaker (<em>Broadchurch<\/em>, <em>Doctor Who<\/em>) are also part of the cast.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-the-plot-of-this-christmas\">What is the Plot of &#8220;This Christmas&#8221;?<\/h2>\n<p>The film weaves together stories of love and loneliness, family and friends, as Christmas approaches in the snow-filled town of Wellington, disrupting the night of December 24th to 25th as never before.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"who-are-the-original-voice-actors-in-this-christmas\">Who Are the Original Voice Actors in &#8220;This Christmas&#8221;?<\/h2>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li>Brian Cox: Santa Claus<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Fiona Shaw: Mrs. Trapper<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Jodie Whittaker: Mrs. Williams<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Lolly Adefope: Mrs. McNutt<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Alex Macqueen: Mr. Forrest<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Katherine Parkinson: Mrs. Forrest<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Sindhu Vee: Mrs. Mulji<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>India Brown: Bernadette<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Zazie Hayhurst: Sam<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Sienna Sayer: Charlie<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Jack Wi\u015bniewski: Danny<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Rosie Cavaliero: Mrs. Beccles<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Paul Kaye: Yirrel<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Guz Khan: Tornade<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Andy Nyman: Mr. Beccles<\/li>\n<p>\n    <\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"where-can-you-stream-this-christmas\">Where Can You Stream &#8220;This Christmas&#8221;?<\/h2>\n<p>You can watch &#8220;This Christmas&#8221; exclusively on Netflix starting December 4, 2024. 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Several subscription options are available: a standard subscription with ads costs $5.99 per month, the standard plan without ads and allows streaming on two screens simultaneously costs $13.49 per month, and a premium plan without ads and up to four simultaneous screens costs $19.99 per month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":1219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"schema_org_data":"","_extracted_celebrities":"","_extracted_movies":"","_extracted_places":"","_extracted_videos":"","_last_enrichment_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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