have closed a deal for original star Peter Billingsley to star in and produce the feature for HBO Max, which has been dubbed A Christmas Story Christmas.

The original movie was set in 1940 and followed the wintry hijinks of Billingsley's Ralphie, a nine-year-old boy who wants a Red Ryder BB rifle more than anything in the world.

The sequel will follow an adult version of the character in the 1970s, who returns to the house on Cleveland Street to deliver his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had growing up.