PREVIEW: This Is Christmas (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Alfred Enoch (Tigers), Kaya Scodelario (The Maze Runner), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Jack Donoghue (Teen Spirit), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Alexandra Roach (Testament of Youth), Ben Miller (Johnny English), Joanna Scanlan (After Love), Sarah Niles (Rocks), Nadia Parkes (film debut), Clinton Liberty (Handsome Devil), Robert Emms (Apostasy), Laura Aikman (The Hatching), Rebecca Root (The Sisters Brothers), Steve Oram (Sightseers), Kriss Dillon (ChickLit), Virginia Thompson (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chris Foggin (Fisherman’s Friends), director; Alastair Galbraith (Hurricane), writer; Allan Niblo (Monsters), producer; composer TBA; cinematographer TBA; Martina Zamolo (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Adam (Enoch) and Emma (Scodelario) frequently travel by train to London from their picture-perfect village of Langton, meeting the same passengers every day. One day, with Christmas fast approaching, the train breaks down in the countryside with everyone still on board, prompting Adam to suddenly break the taboo of talking to strangers on a train, and invite the whole carriage to form their own Christmas party…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This feel-good Christmas story brings together a collection of colourful train passengers – among them Timothy Spall, Joanna Scanlan and Ben Miller – through the power of the festive season.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA

 

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