A Boy Called Christmas

A Boy Called Christmas is an upcoming family film directed by Gil Kenan, based on the book of the same name by Matt Haig. The film will be released theatrically in UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany and China by Studiocanal while Netflix will release the film elsewhere.

Premise
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.

Cast

 * Jim Broadbent
 * Zoe Colletti
 * Sally Hawkins
 * Michiel Huisman
 * Toby Jones
 * Henry Lawfull
 * Maggie Smith
 * Rune Temte
 * Indica Watson
 * Kristen Wiig

Production
A deal was struck in May 2016 for the film to be adapted into film by Blueprint Pictures and Studiocanal. Ol Parker was set to write the screenplay.

In April 2019, Gil Kenan was revealed to be directing the film, with Jim Broadbent, Sally Hawkins, Maggie Smith and Kristen Wiig amongst the cast. Filming began that same month, with production set to occur in Lapland, Finland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and London.