(courtesy First Showing)
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This November, Johnny Depp is Ebenezer Scrooge. “A stingy, penny-pinching, cantankerous, lonely old man whose sheer miserly nature leads him to despise Christmas & all things which engender happiness.” The name you know, the story you don’t. From director Ti West – a Christmas fantasy set in London based on the classic 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol is a movie directed by American genre filmmaker Ti West, director of the films The Roost, Trigger Man, The House of the Devil, Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, The Innkeepers, The Sacrament, In a Valley of Violence, Dead and Lonely series, plus the horror trilogy X, Pearl, MaXXXine. The screenplay is written by Nathaniel Halpern (a writer on Resurrection, Outcast, Legion & Tales from the Loop series). Produced by Emma Watts. Made by Paramount & Green Bean Pictures. (courtesy First Showing)
How many versions of A Christmas Carol can one festive season bear?
An endless number it times (including the all-time winner of the category A Muppet Christmas Carol) and now we can add one more to the number with Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol coming to cinemas this November.
While I am massively enthralled by watching Johnny Depp in anything anymore, the trailer suggests he acquits the role well and it will be interesting to see how much the producers hype the horror aspect of the story given their backgrounds.
This could be a very interesting entry into a very crowded field; just how interesting we will find out when Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol opens 13 November in U.S. and Australia.