I really adore Christmas.
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Its the best time of the year, said Curtis of the Christmas season.
I love all the questions.
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It says to you: Have you been naughty?
Have you been nice?
Is your family functional?…
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I love the Charlie Brown movie.
Thats my biggest inspiration for this.
Theres the other greatest ever Christmas movieElf.
TheresWhite Christmas, which I used to watch with my dad every single year.
Curtis screenplay is adapted from his trilogy of Christmas-themed childrens booksThe Empty Stocking, Snow Day,andThat Christmas.
In animation, we tend to tell stories with a single protagonist, big journeys and fantastical ideas.
For me personally, being a big admirer of Richards films, what makes a Richard Curtis movie?
I really wanted this film to fit into his canon of movies and live up to them.
In the backdrop, Father Christmas (voiced by Brian Cox) is doing the rounds.
Ive had a very cowardly movie career he said.
So, I came home.
My first filmThe Tall Guywas originally calledCamden Town Boy, because I actually lived in Camden Town.
We started drawing and then as the pages came in, we were kind of refining, he said.
One of the most exciting things was to have real time to work with kids not under pressure.
My experience of working with kids on movie sets is that its very scary for them.
Its hard for them to calm down… Ive been lucky.
Thats Christmaslaunches on Netflix in December 2024.
