Overview
- Paramount unveiled the first poster and teaser trailer for Ebenezer and staged a surprise in-character appearance by Johnny Depp at San Diego Comic-Con on July 23.
- Ti West directs the gothic reimagining, which the studio markets as an origin story for Scrooge and uses taglines such as “The name you know, the story you don’t.”
- The cast includes Ian McKellen as Jacob Marley, Andrea Riseborough as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Tramell Tillman as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Daisy Ridley, Rupert Grint and Sam Claflin.
- Paramount set a theatrical release date of November 13, 2026, and production reporting says principal photography was filmed earlier in 2026 in Dublin and London.
- The film’s rollout spotlights Depp’s first major Hollywood studio lead since 2018 and could shape box-office interest and public perception of the actor as he returns to mainstream tentpole filmmaking.