Paul Feig & Emma Thompson Team Up For Last Christmas

Last Christmas

Paul Feig and Emma Thompson are joining force on an original holiday romance film titledLast Christmas . Feig has made his name as the go - to male director for comedies starring women over the preceding several years , start with his breakout hitBridesmaidsin 2011 . Since then , Feig has called the shots on the Melissa McCarthy - led action / comedy hitsThe HeatandSpy , as well as theGhostbustersmovie reboot ( which reunited him with McCarthy and herBridesmaidscostar Kristen Wiig yet again ) .

Feig will try his manus at something a little different later this year , when he releases the mystery story / thrillerA Simple Favor , star Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick . The filmmaker is n’t done fork out as a storyteller , either , and will follow - up up that movie with the romanceLast Christmas , which is free-base on a script that Thompson cowrote with Bryony Kimmings ( a proportional unknown ) .

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THRreports thatLast Christmasis a romance put in London , but does n’t have any patch point to offer beyond that . Feig is sic to direct the movie with Thompson producing , in addition to serving as cowriter . There ’s nothing inTHR ’s article that evoke Thompson also project to costar in the celluloid , but seeing as Feig almost directed her in the coming comedyLate Night(which Mindy Kaling wroteand costars in ) , it ’s certainly a theory .

Thompson has picked up Oscars for both her performing and write in the past tense , and has remain active as a performing artist / film writer of tardy . Over the past eight age alone , Thompson has written and costarred in three moving-picture show , including the kid - favorable sequelNanny McPhee Returns , historical romance / dramaEffie Gray , and romantic comedy sequelBridget Jones ’s Baby . She also has roles in upcoming celluloid likeJohnny English Strikes Againand the Robert Downey Jr.-headlinedVoyage of Doctor Dolittle , along withLate Night .

All thing considered , Last Christmassounds promising already , no matter of whether Thompson represent in the moving picture or works stringently behind the camera . Similarly , as is the case withA Simple Favor , it ’s good to see Feig moving beyond broad comedies as a theater director , while at the same time remaining attached to tell story drop a line by and focus on adult female . If all goes well , Last Christmasmay even prove to be a heartwarming moving-picture show worth revisiting over the winter vacation for years to come .