Netflix Confirms that its new animated Christmas movie, That Christmas, will feature a new original song from Ed Sheeran.
Ed Sheeran has revealed he is releasing a NEW Christmas Song for the Netflix animated Movie โThat Christmasโ which will be launching this December
The song โUnder the Treeโ will be out on the same day the much anticipated Christmas movie will be available to Netflix viewers on December 6th, 2024.
The animated movie That Christmas tells charming family stories which take place in the run-up to Christmas.
It is written by Richard Curtis, with whom Ed has previously worked. Itโs based on Curtisโ trilogy of childrenโs books of the same name and will feature the voices of Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker and Bill Nighy as well as Brian Cox as Santa.
Ed Sheeran released this statement when asked about the collaboration.
โIโve been mates with Richard Curtis for years, and weโve done a load of fun work for charity, and then both were heavily involved in the movie Yesterday.
He came to me two years ago to play me the rough of That Christmas, It was just sketches and voices, but it blew me away. So emotional, yet so heartwarmingly funny, like all Richard Curtis movies. I find since having kids, thereโs a real lack of great animated childrenโs Christmas movies, so I thought this was such an amazing thing to make and put into the world.
The scene that we wrote this song for is so heartbreaking, but so real for many people at Christmas spending it without the ones they love, for so many reasons. I got to work with my older brother on this which is such a rarity and a gift to work so closely with my only sibling, it felt so good to create something my children would watch, with their uncle, based in the country they live in.
I find it mad that there isnโt more animated Christmas films for kids, but this is going to become a holiday staple, at least in our household. Hope everyone loves it, and enjoys the song, we had such a great time creating it.โ
There are plenty of NEW Christmas movies coming to Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Cinemas in 2024 with some huge names such as Dwayne Johnson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Lindsay Lohan.
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