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.

Curtis leaned on the "bit of wisdom" he learned from directing the iconic 2003 anthology film when assembling his ensemble animated debut.

That Christmas boasts a star-studded cast with Brian Cox, Bill Nighy, Jodie Whittaker, Fiona Shaw, Rhys Darby and Lolly Adefope, who voice characters in entwined tales about love and loneliness, family and friends, Santa making a big mistake – and many turkeys.

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,

Otto tells IndieWire what he learned working on an animated ensemble Christmas film with the "Love Actually" director, and how Ed Sheeran saved a montage.

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”