{"id":43599,"date":"2024-01-11T17:34:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T16:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1958938"},"modified":"2024-01-11T20:12:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T19:12:56","slug":"love-actually-sequel-hopes-rise-amid-new-trademark-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-actually-sequel-hopes-rise-amid-new-trademark-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Actually sequel hopes rise amid new trademark news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The star-studded Christmas classic from Richard Curtis celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 11 January 2024 at 16:34 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>In November 2023, Christmas classic Love Actually celebrated its 20th anniversary \u2013 and now it looks like there might be good news in store for fans of Richard Curtis\u2019s hugely popular festive romcom.<\/p>\n<p>While nothing has been confirmed at this stage, it looks like a sequel could potentially be on the horizon after Universal Pictures filed a trademark application to cover a new film and TV series, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/25315694\/love-actually-sequel-studio-trademark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The publication reports that paperwork was filed just after Christmas to cover \u201centertainment services in the nature of a film series, television series, short-form entertainment content, videos and podcasts\u201d relating to the title.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that\u2019s no guarantee that a sequel will definitely happen, but it\u2019s certainly an intriguing development \u2013 and we\u2019ll be on the lookout for any further updates.<\/p> <p>Technically speaking, any future film would, in fact, be the <em>second <\/em>Love Actually sequel, with a short sketch having been released for Comic Relief back in 2017 that saw several of the original\u2019s A-list cast reprise their roles.<\/p>\n<p>Titled Red Nose Day Actually, the 15-minute skit included Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Andrew Lincoln, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy and Rowan Atkinson, while an additional scene featuring Laura Linney was added for US broadcast a few months later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" 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data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/2015LoveActuallyPress151215-b703a19-e1700147555613.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370\" type=\"image\/webp\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/2015LoveActuallyPress151215-b703a19-e1700147555613.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <img class=\"wp-image-1927799 align size-landscape_thumbnail image-handler__image image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/2015LoveActuallyPress151215-b703a19-e1700147555613.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"Emma Thompson as Karen and Alan Rickman as Harry in Love Actually walking together\" title=\"Emma Thompson as Karen and Alan Rickman as Harry in Love Actually\"\/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>Universal Pictures<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> at Christmas, Curtis exclusively revealed that he doesn\u2019t often rewatch his classic film and added that when he does it feels like a \u201cvery expensive diary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/richard-curtis-rewatch-love-actually-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Richard Curtis reveals why he doesn\u2019t often rewatch Love Actually<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/back-to-black-amy-winehouse-biopic-trailer-newsupdate\/\">Industry star sings as Amy Winehouse in Back to Black trailer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>He explained: \u201cI\u2019d watch it and think \u2018Oh my god, we ran out of time that day, and Emma Thompson ticked me off for the fact she didn\u2019t know the names of her own children\u2019, and stuff like that.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he also added that he considered the continued success of the film to be \u201cjust a strange bit of luck\u201d \u2013 albeit one that he very much welcomed.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6343733396112\" 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