UNIVERSAL has dated its Paul Feig-directed romantic comedy “Last Christmas” starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding and Emma Thompson for Nov. 15, 2019. Deadline broke the news about the project back in June.

“Last Christmas” is inspired by the hit holiday ballad by the late George Michael and will feature unreleased music by the former Wham co-founder who has sold 115 million albums and recorded 10 No. 1 singles throughout his career. Pic was written by Oscar winner Thompson and playwright Bryony Kimmings.

In the movie, Kate (Clarke) harumphs around London, a bundle of bad decisions accompanied by the jangle of bells on her shoes, another irritating consequence from her job as an elf in a year-round Christmas shop. Tom (Golding) seems too good to be true when he walks into her life and starts to see through so many of Kate’s barriers. As London transforms into the most wonderful time of the year, nothing should work for these two.

“Last Christmas” is produced by Feig and Jessie Henderson for his Feigco Entertainment, by BAFTA winner David Livingstone for Calamity Films, and Thompson.

Now on Nov. 15, Universal had a Will Packer produced untitled comedy.

That title is now shifting a week earlier to Nov. 8. The only other movie opening Nov. 15 is an untitled Orion horror movie. On Nov. 8, the Packer comedy joins Lionsgate’s WWII pic “Midway,” Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” and Fox’s untitled Kingsman threequel.

Don’t underestimate British-centered holiday romantic comedies. Universal’s ensemble “Love Actually” is still a holiday perennial, made for US$40 million back in 2003, amassing a then global cume of US$246.9 million. Thompson also starred in that movie.

(SD-Agencies)