It's that time of year again. The Christmas tree is up, the presents have been wrapped, and Santa will soon be on the way. But while we wait, what has Sky Cinema and Now TV got in store for us?
The film that's definitely worth seeing is the brand new Sky Original, A Boy Called Christmas.
It's a reimagining of the story of Father Christmas, Nikolas is a boy who sets off into the snowy white north in search of his father. “I wrote this story to cheer myself up,” Haig wrote in a recent Instagram post of the film’s star-studded poster. “A story of hope in the dark. Never expected this to happen.”
We follow an ordinary young boy called Nikolas who sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfham. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical, comic and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible.
Downton Abbey’s Maggie Smith stars alongside Kristen Wiig, Jim Broadbent, Sally Hawkins, Michiel Huisman , as well as newcomer Henry Lawfull, who will play protagonist Nikolas. The story is framed as a bedtime story, relayed by Smith’s reliably crabby Aunt Ruth to three wide-eyed children on Christmas Eve. It’s familiar stuff — a wicked aunt, scary encounters with bears and trolls, a tyrannical despot, flying-through-the-air antics, lots of life lessons — but the film isn’t as marred by its predictability as you might expect. That’s thanks largely to its genuine sweetness.
Next up is The Last Train to Christmas, another Sky Original movie that'll debut on Sky Cinema and Now TV in December 2021.
Then there's the familiar favourites like National Lampoon's Vacation, Scrooged, and Miracle on 34th Street.
A Christmas Number One, a Sky Original is produced by Sky, Genesius Pictures, Lupus Films and Space Age Films. The film will release in on Sky Cinema in December 2021. Starring Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) and Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones), A Christmas Number One is produced by Debbie Gray (Genesius), Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding (Lupus Films) and Robert Chandler (Space Age Films).
Fresh from a breakup with the world’s hottest popstar, music manager Meg Rai (Frieda Pinto) leaves New York for London to manage a boyband, 5 Together, who are desperate for a Christmas hit after their latest self-written album flopped. Meanwhile, Blake Cutter (Iwan Rheon), persuaded by his Christmas obsessive niece, Nina Cutter (Helena Zengel), puts his thrash metal band, Scurve, to one side to write Nina the ultimate Christmas song. When Meg discovers the hit in the making, will this be the Christmas number one the boy band desperately needs or will Blake, the song, and Nina show Meg what truly matters?
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