The Netflix animated film “That Christmas” is expected to be released in December 2024 and includes a new original song by Ed Sheeran

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Netflix has confirmed that its new animated Christmas film, This Christmaswill be available worldwide on December 6, 2024 and will feature a new original song by Ed Sheeran.

Director: Simon Otto, This Christmas is Netflix’s new major animated film that aims to follow in the footsteps of “Klaus” and become one of the most popular Christmas films in Netflix’s offering, which mainly consists of romantic comedies.

Earlier this year, we learned of the huge voice cast assembled for the Locksmith Animation-produced film, which includes Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, Lolly Adefope, Alex Macqueen, Katherine Parkinson, Sindhu Vee, India Brown, Zazie Hayhurst, Sienna Sayer, Jack Wisniewski, Rosie Cavaliero, Paul Kaye, Guz Khan, Andy Nyman, Kuhu Agarwal, Bronte Smith, Freddie Spry, Ava Talbot, as well as Bill Nighy and Rhys Darby.

The film “follows a series of interwoven stories about family and friends, love and loneliness, and Santa's big mistake.”

Ed Sheeran, the Ipswich-born musician turned international superstar, announced on August 7 that he has produced an exclusive new original song for the film. The new track is titled “Under The Tree”. In a statement, Sheeran said:

“I've been friends with Richard Curtis for years and we had a lot of fun doing charity work. Then both of them were heavily involved in the film. Yesterday. He came to me two years ago to play me the rough This Christmas. It was just sketches and voices, but it blew me away. So emotional, yet so heartwarmingly funny, like all of Richard Curtis' films. I find since I've had kids, there's been a real lack of great animated Christmas movies for kids, so I thought this would be such a great thing to make and put out into the world. The scene we wrote this song for is so heartbreaking, but so real for a lot of people who spend Christmas without their loved ones, for so many reasons. I got to work on it with my older brother, which is so rare, and it's a gift to work so closely with my only sibling. It felt so good to create something that my kids would watch with their uncle, in the country they live in. I think it's a shame there aren't more animated Christmas movies for kids, but this will be a staple of the holidays, at least in our household. I hope everyone loves it and enjoys the song, we had so much fun creating it.”

For more information on Netflix's upcoming Christmas movies, which are set to be released in 2024, visit What's on Netflix here. Other titles include Our little secret And See you next Christmas.

While we wait for the official trailer for the new film, here are a few more first look images that Netflix has released so far, many of which recently premiered at the Annecy Film Festival, where the film was shown: