(FILES) Co-writer and executive producer Richard Curtis poses on the red carpet upon arrival to attend the BFI London Film Festival's Headline Gala for "That Christmas" at the Royal Festival Hall, during the 2024 BFI London Film Festival in London, on October 19, 2024. Two decades after scoring a surprise holiday season global hit with "Love Actually", British filmmaker Richard Curtis is bidding to repeat the trick with his first foray into animation. The 68-year-old writer and director has co-adapted his own trilogy of children's books, and commandeered longtime friend Ed Sheeran into contributing an original song, to bring "That Christmas" to the big and small screen. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)