Johnny Depp Looks Set to Play Ebenezer Scrooge in His First Role From a Major Studio Since 2018's Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Johnny Depp is reportedly successful last talks to prima successful Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol for Paramount Pictures. Depp would play the rubric relation of Ebenezer Scrooge, pursuing successful the footsteps of the likes of Bill Murray, Michael Caine, and Jim Carrey.

Variety reported that the adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, if it goes ahead, would travel retired connected November 13, 2026. Horror movie manager Ti West, who’s down the likes of Maxxxine and Pearl, has signed on, with Andrea Riseborough, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her relation successful 2022’s To Leslie (2022), acceptable to co-star.

Johnny Depp is reportedly successful last talks to prima successful Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol for Paramount Pictures. Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images.

It turns retired that Depp volition person contention erstwhile it comes to Scrooge, arsenic Nosferatu manager Robert Eggers has an adaptation of A Christmas Carol successful the works for Warner Bros., with Willem Dafoe, who stole the amusement successful Nosferatu, successful enactment to play the rubric role.

Assuming Depp successful Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol comes to pass, it volition beryllium his archetypal relation from a large workplace since Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Depp is dilatory but surely returning to the limelight. He’s presently moving connected creating the quality of Hyde for a caller graphic caller with Ridley Scott, and he’s acceptable to prima alongside Penélope Cruz successful Lionsgate’s American enactment thriller Day Drinker, which carries a 2026 merchandise date.

Meanwhile, determination are rumblings that Depp whitethorn instrumentality to the satellite of Pirates of the Caribbean, successful which helium played the much-loved Captain Jack Sparrow. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has said he’s spoken to Depp astir returning arsenic Captain Jack Sparrow successful Pirates of the Caribbean 6 — and it sounds similar the histrion is interested.

In 2018, Depp mislaid a libel lawsuit helium lodged against the UK steadfast of The Sun paper implicit an nonfiction which characterised him arsenic having been convulsive towards his erstwhile woman Amber Heard. The pursuing year, Depp past successfully sued Heard for defamation implicit an nonfiction written by her successful The Washington Post, the work of which, Depp claimed, had led to Disney refusing to enactment with him.

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