Overview
- The cast now includes Johnny Depp as Ebenezer Scrooge alongside new additions Ian McKellen and Tramell Tillman, with Andrea Riseborough also attached.
- Sources report Tillman is expected to portray the Ghost of Christmas Present, which has not been officially confirmed, and McKellen’s role remains undisclosed.
- Ti West directs from a screenplay by Nathaniel Halpern, with Emma Watts producing and Stephen Deuters, Jason Forman, Adam Bohling, and David Reid executive producing.
- The film is described as a thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London that follows a supernatural reckoning across past, present, and future.
- Paramount’s project advances as Warner Bros. develops a separate A Christmas Carol adaptation from Robert Eggers with Willem Dafoe attached to play Scrooge.