PREVIEW: A Christmas No. 1 (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Iwan Rheon (The Toll), Helena Zengel (News of the World), Georgia Small (Five Dates), Hannah Steele (Darkest Hour), Richard Fleeshman (film debut), Dan Fredenburgh (The Bourne Ultimatum), Giles New (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl), Alex Carter (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chris Cottam (The Lives of the Saints), director; Robert Chandler (film debut), writer, producer; Giles New (film debut) and Keiron Self (film debut), writers; Camilla Deakin (Ethel & Ernest), Ruth Fielding (Ethel & Ernest) and Debbie Gray (The More You Ignore Me), producers; Catherine Derry (Been So Long), cinematographer; Gareth McEwen (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After breaking up with her music superstar boyfriend, music producer Meg (Pinto) travels from New York to London in order to manage boy band 5 Together, who are in need of a Christmas single after their latest album flops. She soon discovers a festive number written by metal band member Blake (Rheon), who wrote the song in order to please his Christmas-obsessive niece Nina (Zengler), but as she tries to persuade Blake to let her band use the song, she begins to learn about what really matters…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Slumdog Millionaire’s Freida Pinto headlines this fun musical Christmas treat which puts the annual duke-out for the coveted Christmas No. 1 title into the spotlight and under the mistletoe.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA AND NOW

 

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