Richard Curtis on his new Christmas film reboot - and why he won't remake Love Actually

The acclaimed director is returned with a remake of his 1991 TV movie Bernard And The Genie - but says he has no plans to deliver back his Christmas classic Love Actually.

Twenty years ago rom-com author Richard Curtis brought out a Christmas film that went on to emerge as a staple phase of festive staring at for many.

Love Actually didn't necessarily win over critics but it was once a hit with audiences and is a ordinary fixture on the first-rate Christmas film lists.

Now Curtis has again to the style to write a re-make of his 1991 TV movie Bernard And The Genie - however says he has no plans to remake the other festive movie he is recognized for.

"No, I've thought about whether I ever prefer to do a multi [story film] - I love films with plenty and plenty of characters in it," the creator advised Sky News' Backstage podcast.

"But I suppose I'd be pretty certain to make sure it wasn't set at Christmas this time.

"I suppose I've in all likelihood finished my Christmas multi-stories story."

His new movie Genie is a comedy about Bernard - a man struggling professionally and in my opinion who tries to make adjustments to his lifestyles with the help of a magical being.

It draws on the work it's based on, but brings it up to date, and sees it set in a new location, and with one woman lead rather than two men.

He says it was once soon after 1991's Bernard And The Genie came out that he thought about re-writing it.

"Funnily enough, I actually wrote my kind of first draft of this about 5 years after the unique film, and then I let it lie," he said.

"And I simply idea I would love to do another Christmas movie, and so I took it out and refreshed it in many ways, particularly having a lady Genie and shifting it to New York.

"But it's been in my head for a lengthy time and I constantly think the nice initiatives are the ones that have had time to stew.

Updating work for contemporary audiences isn't always unusual - Roald Dahl's books have seen modifications made to them to replicate current attitudes and Genie is by using no capacity the solely movie being given a cutting-edge twist.

Curtis says it makes sense that work is refreshed as audiences evolve.

"I assume in many areas tastes have modified and we're more conscious of matters that we must say - we ought to talk about local weather trade all the time if we maybe can - and things that, you know, it's no longer right or polite in any way to say," he explained.

"So as I write, I've usually obtained my 20-year-old daughter on my shoulder pronouncing 'Dad are you sure?'"

He says that updating the Genie to be a lady in his new movie gave a new point of view to the personality who is trying to assist Bernard with his marital issues.

"My authentic version - like when I first wrote a script of this - had the Genie as a man again," Curtis admitted.

"And so just to be in a position to come lower back to it and have to look at each and every line and say, 'Is this the right one? Is this the right attitude? What would she know?'

"And I specifically love the fact that she's attempting to fix a marriage and she's a female who in all likelihood is aware of greater about how Bernard's wife feels than Bernard does."