--- description: The Love Actually sequel that everyone has been waiting for is finally in the works. title: The Love Actually Cast Is Reuniting for a Modern-Day Sequel image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31178d5ba72d699f/6988757ecf40a80e7ec41183/151216_em_streamingholidaymovies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The _Love Actually_ Cast Is Reuniting for a Modern-Day Sequel ## Video: Love Actually - Trailer [Watch (HLS stream): Love Actually - Trailer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/MGfGmkMz.m3u8) (2:30)  _Published 2014-12-18. Love Actually - Trailer_  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 15, 2017 6:17 PM CUT  Andrew Lincoln as “Mark” in LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) Andrew Lincoln as “Mark” in LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)Universal Studios  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 15, 2017 6:17 PM CUT The [_Love Actually_](http://time.com/3611672/love-actually-honest-trailer/ "undefined")sequel that everyone has been waiting for is finally in the works. _Red Nose Day Actually_ — a 10-minute follow-up to the ([mostly](https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/12/-em-love-actually-em-is-the-least-romantic-film-of-all-time/282091/ "undefined")) beloved rom-com starring [Keira Knightley](http://time.com/2940454/keira-knightley-love-actually/ "undefined"), [Colin Firth](http://time.com/3644307/love-actually-stars-keira-knightley-colin-firth/ "undefined") and Hugh Grant — will explore what the characters are up to in 2017, nearly 14 years after the events of the original movie. Those three will be joined by Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy and _The Walking Dead_‘s Andrew Lincoln, among other original cast members. Richard Curtis, who wrote and directed the 2003 rom-com, will return to write and direct the special short. It will premiere on BBC 1 in the U.K. on March 24 as part of this year’s Red Nose Day campaign, an annual charity telethon to raise money and awareness for children living in poverty. “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,” Curtis told [the BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38985435 "undefined"). “We hope to make something that’ll be fun — very much in the spirit of the original film and of Red Nose Day.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4672013/love-actually-sequel-keira-knightley/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4672013/love-actually-sequel-keira-knightley/"},"headline":"The Love Actually Cast Is Reuniting for a Modern-Day Sequel","datePublished":"2017-02-15T18:17:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:09.715Z","description":"Is love still all around in 2017?","url":"https://time.com/4672013/love-actually-sequel-keira-knightley/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","liam neeson","Colin Firth","Keira Knightley"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31178d5ba72d699f/6988757ecf40a80e7ec41183/151216_em_streamingholidaymovies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31178d5ba72d699f/6988757ecf40a80e7ec41183/151216_em_streamingholidaymovies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"151216_EM_StreamingHolidayMovies","caption":"Love Actually (2003)","creditText":"Universal Studios","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4672013/love-actually-sequel-keira-knightley/","name":"The Love Actually Cast Is Reuniting for a Modern-Day Sequel"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Love Actually - Trailer","description":"Love Actually - Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/MGfGmkMz/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-18T19:32:20.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/MGfGmkMz.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4672013/love-actually-sequel-keira-knightley/","duration":"PT2M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4672013/love-actually-sequel-keira-knightley/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```