Overview

• Deadline premiered the trailer, and True Brit Entertainment will release the film in U.K. cinemas on November 14; a U.S. date is unannounced.
• Kunal Nayyar leads as Mr. Sood, with Eva Longoria as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Billy Porter as Present, Boy George as Future, and Hugh Bonneville as Jacob Marley.
• The adaptation relocates A Christmas Carol to contemporary London and introduces a backstory in which Mr. Sood carries trauma from the 1970s expulsion of Indians from Uganda.
• The soundtrack blends gospel, bhangra, carols, rap, and pop, featuring music from Gary Barlow, Nitin Sawhney, Shaznay Lewis, Ben Cullum, Panjabi MC, and Malkit Singh.
• Publicity emphasizes themes of kindness and belonging, while GB News characterizes Mr. Sood as someone who 'despises poor people and refugees.'