That Christmas Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Oct. 28, 2024

That Christmas

Release Date: Friday, December 6, 2024 Netflix

Julie Lockhart, Bill Nighy, Brian Cox, Bonnie Arnold, Jodie Whittaker, Lara Breay, Andy Nyman, Rhys Darby, India Brown, Sienna Sayer, Rebecca Cobb, Richard Curtis, Fiona Shaw, Paul Kaye, Sarah Smith, Elisabeth Murdoch, Guz Khan, Sindhu Vee, Katherine Parkinson, Simon Otto, Peter Souter, Lolly Adefope, Natalie Fischer, Rosie Cavaliero, Jack Wisniewski, Freddie Spry, Alex Macqueen, Zazie Hayhurst, Ava Talbot, Bronte Smith, Kuhu Agarwal, Colin Hopkins, Mary Coleman

A series of entwined tales about love and loneliness, family and friends, and Santa Claus making a big mistake.

PG Family N/A

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A series of entwined tales about love and loneliness, family and friends, and Santa Claus making a big mistake.

Plot

What's the story about?

Follows a series of entwined tales about family and friends, love and loneliness, and Santa Claus making a big mistake, not to mention an enormous number of turkeys!

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in That Christmas.

B
Brian Cox
... Santa (voice)

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Zodiac
J
Jodie Whittaker
... (voice)

One Day, Attack the Block
F
Fiona Shaw
... Ms. Trapper (voice)

IF, Catch and Release
Bill Nighy
... Bill (voice)

The Wild Robot, The First Omen
L
Lolly Adefope
... (voice)

Saltburn, Wicked Little Letters
A
Alex Macqueen
... (voice)
K
Katherine Parkinson
... (voice)

How To Fake A War
S
Sindhu Vee
... (voice)

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, What’s Love Got To Do With It?
I
India Brown
... (voice)
Z
Zazie Hayhurst
... (voice)
S
Sienna Sayer
... (voice)
J
Jack Wisniewski
... (voice)

Crew Behind the Film

The That Christmas behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's writer Richard Curtis last wrote Genie and Rising Phoenix.

Director: Simon Otto
Screenwriters: Richard Curtis
Peter Souter
Producers: Bonnie Arnold
Julie Lockhart
Elisabeth Murdoch
Sarah Smith

Studios: Netflix Originals
Production Company: Locksmith Animation

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG Parental Guidance Suggested for thematic elements, some language and rude humor
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: The Empty Stocking
Language: English

All Trailers

Official That Christmas movie trailers and clips.

Family

That Christmas Official Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the That Christmas movie production.

Key Facts

Billed as “‘Love Actually’ for kids" (9/26/2021).
Based on the series of children's books "The Empty Stocking," "Snow Day" and "That Christmas" written by Richard Curtis and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb.

Production Updates

Jan 2024

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Jun 2022

Production

The film was tagged as Production.

Sep 2021

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

That Christmas was released in Netflix on Friday, December 6, 2024. There were 19 other movies released on the same date, including Y2K, Get Away and Year 10.

United States

Estimated

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