# Johnny Depp Is Basically Jack Sparrow as Scrooge in Trailer for Ebenezer: Watch

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/johnny-depp-is-basically-jack-sparrow-as-scrooge-in-trailer-for-ebenezer-watch/
- Published: 2026-07-24T02:07:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T03:04:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Consequence
- Original article: https://consequence.net/2026/07/ebenezer-trailer-johnny-depp/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Johnny Depp stars as Scrooge in Paramount’s Ebenezer.
- It is his first major studio film since the Heard legal case.
- The Christmas Carol adaptation opens on 13 November.

## Summary

Paramount has released the first trailer for Ebenezer, a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol starring Johnny Depp as Scrooge. The film is Depp’s first major studio project since his long-running legal dispute with Amber Heard, making it a notable return to mainstream Hollywood.

Directed by Ti West, the film also features Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley, Andrea Riseborough, Tramell Tillman and Ian McKellen. The trailer premiered at Comic-Con, and the film is scheduled for a 13 November cinema release; the article notes that Depp’s Scrooge has a look and manner reminiscent of his Pirates of the Caribbean character Jack Sparrow.

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