Overview
- Paramount released the full trailer on Oct. 1, showing heavy makeup on Johnny Depp, unsettling ghost designs and a darker, more frightening visual tone.
- Ti West directs from a Nathaniel Halpern screenplay and the film features a wide ensemble that includes Ian McKellen, Andrea Riseborough, Tramell Tillman, Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley and Sam Claflin.
- Paramount has scheduled a U.S. theatrical release for Nov. 13, 2026, with later international windows such as India on Nov. 27, 2026.
- The studio’s marketing centers the film as Depp’s major return to mainstream Hollywood after years away from studio leads and high-profile legal battles, using festival appearances and trailers to highlight that comeback.
- Coverage of the trailer mixes praise for Depp’s performance and West’s spooky visuals with skepticism that the adaptation will be substantively different from past versions of Dickens’ story.