Johnny Depp to Play Scrooge in Adaptation of Holiday Classic ‘A Christmas Carol’

Depp will star opposite British actress Andrea Riseborough in ‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol,’ from Paramount Pictures.

Johnny Depp poses for photographers upon arrival at the opening ceremony and the premiere of the film 'Jeanne du Barry' at the 76th international film festival in Cannes, France, on May 16, 2023. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP

Johnny Depp will portray the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in a forthcoming adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic holiday story “A Christmas Carol,” the actor’s publicist confirmed with The Epoch Times on Friday.

“Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol,” from Paramount Pictures, is directed by Ti West from a script penned by Nathaniel Halpern.