Overview
- The ensemble now reported includes Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley, Sam Claflin, Charlie Murphy, Arthur Conti, Ellie Bamber, Andrea Riseborough, Ian McKellen and Tramell Tillman.
- Ti West directs from a screenplay by Nathaniel Halpern with Emma Watts producing for Paramount.
- The film is described as a darker, thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London rather than a traditional festive retelling.
- Sources say Grint is expected to play Bob Cratchit, a detail not yet confirmed by the studio.
- Coverage frames the project as a significant studio return for Johnny Depp, as Warner Bros. separately develops a Robert Eggers version with Willem Dafoe.