Paramount has unveiled the first footage from Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol, its new take on Charles Dickens’ classic 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, directed by Ti West and starring Johnny Depp.
In A Christmas Carol — one of the most frequently adapted works in film and television history — we follow Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly businessman who is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, forcing him to confront his life and ultimately change his ways.
Footage previewed in-room-only in Las Vegas showed everything you’d expect — a homely, elderly looking Depp in prosthetics, as Scrooge, shouting “Ba, humbug!” and being visited by three ghosts, who will change his perspective on life.
Paramount billed the film as a “bold new twist” on a classic tale, with Depp on hand to promote it following a taped introduction from West.
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