However you might feel about “Love Actually,” it’s not often you get a cast like Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Andrew Lincoln, Colin Firth, Lucia Moniz, Liam Neeson, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Olivia Olson, Bill Nighy, Marcus Brigstocke, and Rowan Atkinson. And all those players have returned for the film’s sequel, which aired in the U.K. in March and in the U.S. last night as part of the Red Nose Day special.

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Just over three years ago, Jezebel published I Rewatched “Love Actually” and Am Here to Ruin It for All of You, and it was glorious. It takes apart, piece by piece, the beloved romantic comedy, and hilariously reveals it to be a misogynistic, ridiculous, poorly made, and very popular movie. However, those stung with nostalgia for the film will politely ignore all those details, especially with the “Love Actually” sequel on the way.

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“Love Actually” both a rom-com and holiday favorite for many, and for fans who have worn out their DVD, or are wondering what happened to their favorite characters in the years since, they’re about to find out.

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It’s Red Nose Day in the U.K., and this evening will be a TV special to raise money for Comic Relief and starriest of attractions might just be the mini-“Love Actually” sequel. 

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For the romantically and/or rom-com inclined, the news that the cast of “Love Actually” will be back in a semi-sequel was quite welcome. However, there’s two parts of the ensemble who won’t be returning: the late Alan Rickman, and his on-screen partner in Richard Curtis‘ film, Emma Thompson.

“Richard wrote to me and said, ‘Darling, we can’t write anything for you because of Alan’, and I said, ‘No, of course, it would be sad, too sad.’ It’s too soon.

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Each year around Christmas, the thinkpiece industry goes into overdrive, with numerous pieces about popular rom-com “Love Actually” and how much it actually sucks. And yet, despite a very concerted effort by many to point out what’s “wrong” with the movie, or point out its overrated, it remains a favorite for many, and fans have a big surprise coming next month.

The entire cast — Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Andrew Lincoln, Colin Firth, Lucia Moniz, Liam Neeson, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Olivia Olson, Bill Nighy, Marcus Brigstocke, and Rowan Atkinson — are getting together for a 10-minute sketch that will air as part of this spring’s “Red Nose Day.” And writer/director Richard Curtis is back as well, with the segment updating everyone on where the characters find themselves fourteen years later.

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Despite coming from Hank’s company Playtone, which produced the music-movie megahit “Mamma Mia!” the film will not be a full-on musical, once again denying us the Chewbacca-like musical stylings of Pierce Brosnan.

Instead, the picture will feature “Love Actually”-style interlinking plotlines, involving Manilow fans traveling to Las Vegas, and the singer is expected to make a cameo.

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