Johnny Depp plays Scrooge in Ti West’s dark Dickens adaptation
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Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for “Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol”, a dark reimagining of Charles Dickens’ festive classic starring Johnny Depp as Ebenezer Scrooge. Directed by horror filmmaker Ti West, it depicts Scrooge as an ill-tempered miser haunted by frightening Christmas spirits, and marks Depp’s first major Hollywood role since his highly publicised 2022 defamation trial involving Amber Heard.
The trailer shows Scrooge tormenting passers-by with snowballs between supernatural encounters, ending with Depp saying, “It’s good to be back.” Andrea Riseborough, Tramell Tillman, Ian McKellen, Rupert Grint and Daisy Ridley also star; West has said earlier adaptations of the story helped introduce him to horror, and the film is due in cinemas on 13 November.
- Johnny Depp plays Scrooge in Ti West’s dark Christmas Carol adaptation.
- Paramount has released the film’s first trailer.
- “Ebenezer” is scheduled for cinemas on 13 November.
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Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a Victorian ghost story first published in 1843. It follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy but mean-spirited London businessman who dismisses Christmas and treats those around him harshly.
On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner and then by spirits linked to his past, present and future. Their visits force him to examine the effects of his choices, and the story has become one of the best-known Christmas tales in English-language culture.
The book has been adapted many times for film, television and theatre, in styles ranging from family entertainment to drama and horror. Johnny Depp is an American actor whose recent major Hollywood work has attracted attention partly because of his 2022 court case with his former wife, actor Amber Heard.
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Originally published by Variety as “‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ Trailer: Johnny Depp Stars as Grouchy, Snowball-Throwing Scrooge”.