The Johnny Depp comeback is formally in full swing. The actor, who has not appeared in a serious studio movie since 2018’s “Unbelievable Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” amid an acrimonious public divorce and subsequent defamation trial with Amber Heard, might need lined up his largest position in years.
IndieWire can affirm that Depp is connected to play the titular position in “Ebeneezer: A Christmas Carol,” an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ traditional novel, this one hailing from director Ti West. Paramount is in talks to accumulate the bundle, with Andrea Riseborough additionally connected to star.
Information of the mission was first reported by Deadline.
Which means there are actually two main movie diversifications of “A Christmas Carol” in growth in Hollywood — and each hail from administrators who launched their careers in horror motion pictures. Robert Eggers is engaged on his personal tackle the Dickens novel at Warner Bros., a pure match given his Gothic sensibilities and newfound area of interest as a purveyor of grownup Vacation counter-programming. No expertise is connected to that movie, although inevitable hypothesis about Eggers’ frequent collaborator Willem Dafoe taking part in Scrooge started instantly after the mission was introduced.
“Ebeneezer: A Christmas Carol” is reportedly focusing on a November 2026 launch, which might nearly actually imply it could beat the Warner Bros. film to the punch. It stays to be seen whether or not this may have an effect on the standing of Eggers’ movie — or if Paramount’s makes an attempt to accumulate Warner Bros. will make the movie redundant.
It’s also the newest proof that Hollywood is able to embrace Depp once more. Whereas the actor continued to steadily work in vogue promoting campaigns and small European movies as his fame tanked in America, extra mainstream tasks are starting to materialize. He’ll subsequent be seen in Marc Webb’s Lionsgate thriller “Day Drinker” alongside Penélope Cruz and Madelyn Cline, which marks his return to studio main man standing.
His frequent collaborator Tim Burton additionally teased extra work with Depp, telling IndieWire “I’m certain there will probably be” when requested making extra movies together with his “Edward Scissorhands” star. And there are at all times rumors circulating a few return to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise.
