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The upcoming remake of classic family ghost story The Amazing Mr Blunden is set to be one of the highlights of Sky\u2019s festive offering this year \u2013 and RadioTimes.com<\/a> can now exclusively reveal a first look at the trailer.<\/p>\n The Sky Original film \u2013 which is written and directed by Mark Gatiss \u2013 follows events after an unusual encounter between two London teenagers and a mysterious old man, who offers their mother the opportunity to become the caretaker of a supposedly haunted country house.<\/p>\n When they arrive, the siblings \u2013 named Jamie and Lucy Allen \u2013 find a pair of ghost children, who it soon emerges have travelled from the past with a vital message: they are going to be murdered by a wicked couple and need urgent help.<\/p>\n And so, with the help of the strange old man \u2013 the titular Mr Blunden \u2013 Jamie and Lucy must travel back to 1821 on a crucial rescue mission.<\/p>\n The below trailer shows the Allen family first arriving at the haunted house and also includes a first look at Simon Callow as Mr Blunden, while teasing the magical mission that awaits them.<\/p>\n