Overview
- A Halloween-themed promo released Monday and Tuesday shows Depp heavily made up in prosthetics as Ebenezer Scrooge greeting trick-or-treaters and using the character’s catchphrase to announce that tickets are now on sale.
- Makeup designer Barrie Gower and featurette material show extensive latex prosthetics and hours-long application, and co-stars describe Depp as actively shaping the character’s look and performance.
- The film is directed by Ti West from a Nathaniel Halpern script and features an ensemble cast that includes Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Daisy Ridley, Tramell Tillman, and Ian McKellen.
- Paramount’s campaign has leaned on in-person stunts and seasonal tie-ins — including Depp’s surprise Comic-Con appearance in full makeup earlier this year — to position Ebenezer as a darker, origin-style ghost story.
- The studio’s tactics set up Depp’s first major studio lead since 2018 as a box-office and reputation test, with the prosthetic reveal likely to shape early audience interest and media coverage ahead of the November 13 theatrical release.