Love Actually filmmaker Richard Curtis announces Christmas Actually

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy “If you really love Christmas, c’mon and let it snow.” So sang Bill Nighy’s washed-up rock star Billy Mack in Richard Curtis’s 2003 romcom Love Actually – and it turns out the filmmaker really does love the festive holiday, as he’s just announced that his next project will be Christmas Actually. “I remember I didn’t always love the Christmas shows I took my children to, but I always took them to one,” Curtis said. I suspect some members of the audience will go away with presents they weren’t expecting – there’ll definitely be some rowdy singing along and some unexpected famous people will pop up on the screens and even in person.” Hugh Grant dances as a fictional PM in ‘Love Actually’ Last year, Curtis admitted that the lack of diversity in Love Actually doesn’t sit well with him. “The lack of diversity makes me feel uncomfortable and a bit stupid.” Curtis is also currently working on another festive release, an untitled film starring Melissa McCarthy, Paapa Essiedu, and Marc Maron, about a workaholic father who tries to win his family back in time for Christmas with the help of a magic genie.