Overview
- Paramount is in final negotiations to board the film and is targeting a Nov. 13, 2026 theatrical release, according to multiple reports.
- Ti West will direct from a script by Nathaniel Halpern, with Andrea Riseborough attached to co-star and Emma Watts producing alongside executive producers Stephen Deuters and Jason Forman.
- The studio describes the adaptation as a ghost-story set in Dickens’ London that follows a supernatural reckoning across past, present, and future.
- Depp’s casting is not yet finalized, with outlets characterizing his role as being in final talks to play Ebenezer Scrooge.
- A separate A Christmas Carol is in development at Warner Bros. from Robert Eggers, with Willem Dafoe linked to Scrooge, setting up competing visions of the classic tale.