U.K. charity Comic Relief is getting the “Love Actually” cast back together for a short film that will revisit the characters from Richard Curtis’ 2003 romantic comedy and see what they’re up to in 2017. The short, “Red Nose Day Actually,” is being made in support of Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day fundraiser, which airs March 24 on BBC One in Britain. It also will be broadcast as part of NBC’s Red Nose Day Special on May 25 in the United States.

    From an original script by Curtis, the film will reunite Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Martine McCutcheon, Andrew Lincoln, Lucia Moniz, Olivia Olson, Marcus Brigstocke and Rowan Atkinson. Emma Thompson is not listed among their number. Alan Rickman, who played her unfaithful husband, died last January.

    Created by Oscar nominee and Emmy-winning writer-director Curtis, the idea of Red Nose Day was built upon the foundation that mass media and celebrities can help raise money and awareness of poverty to save and change millions of lives.

    “Over the years I’ve enjoyed doing Red Nose Day specials of TV things I’ve worked on — ‘Blackadder,’ ‘The Vicar of Dibley’ and ‘Mr Bean,’” Curtis said. “I would never have dreamt of writing a sequel to ‘Love Actually,’ but I thought it might be fun to do 10 minutes to see what everyone is now up to. Who has aged best? I guess that’s the big question ... or is it so obviously Liam? We’ve been delighted and grateful that so many of the cast are around and able to take part — and it’ll certainly be a nostalgic moment getting back together and re-creating their characters 14 years later.”

    The original “Love Actually” was a holiday hit in 2003, grossing US$247 million worldwide and scoring a BAFTA for supporting actor Nighy.

    (SD-Agencies)