Screenwriter Richard Curtis jokes about "Love Actually" overstaying its welcome and the new Christmas movie, "That Christmas," on Netflix Wednesday, he wrote as an alternative.

The Netflix film “That Christmas” stars “Succession” alum Brian Cox as Santa. “Love Actually” actor Bill Nighy reunites with Curtis for a cameo role; the cast includes Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, and Rhys Darby.

That Christmas has been set in the fictional resort of Wellington-on-Sea, inspired by the Suffolk towns of Walberswick and Southwold with "a dab of Halesworth". Writer Richard Curtis, who lives on the east coast, said he had adapted the script from a trio of children's books to create a "Love Actually for kids".

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That Christmas” is adapted from his trilogy of children’s books, “That Christmas and Other Stories,” and directed by Simon Otto (the “How to Train Your Dragon” trilogy). Brian Cox of “Succession”