Overview
- Paramount released the first official poster on July 23, 2026, announcing the title Ebenezer, the tagline “The name you know. The story you don’t,” and Johnny Depp as Ebenezer Scrooge.
- The studio confirmed a nationwide theatrical release date of November 13, 2026, starting the formal rollout for the film’s fall campaign.
- Ti West will direct a screenplay by Nathaniel Halpern, with producers including Emma Watts, and the principal cast names Ian McKellen, Andrea Riseborough, Tramell Tillman, Daisy Ridley, Rupert Grint and others.
- Depp wiped his Instagram to post three images spelling “BAH HUMBUG” and changed his bio to reference Ebenezer, a move that publicly kicked off the film’s social-media marketing after principal photography in Dublin and London earlier this year.
- The project is billed as a darker, gothic ghost story rather than a traditional holiday retelling, a creative pairing that both differentiates this entry in the long history of A Christmas Carol adaptations and serves as a visible test of Depp’s return to major-studio leading roles.