Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley, Sam Claflin And Charlie Murphy Among Those Rounding Out Cast For ‘Ebenezer: Christmas Carol’ Starring Johnny Depp

Rupert Grint, Sam Claflin, Charlie Murphy, Daisy Ridley, Arthur Conti and Ellie Bamber have join Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol, Paramount and Ti West‘s new take on the classic Charles Dickens novel with Johnny Depp starring in the titular role. West is directing. Andrea Riseborough, Ian McKellen and Tramell Tillman have also signed on, with the studio dating the film for November 13, 2026. Nathaniel Halpern penned the script, with Emma Watts producing.

The classic Dickens story has seen its fair share of retellings over the years with its tale of an elderly miser visited by the ghost of his former business partner and the spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. This also marks the second Christmas Carol pic announced this year after Warner Bros put in development an adaptation from Robert Eggers with Willem Dafoe in line to play Scrooge.

The Depp version, a thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, follows one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future and fight for a second chance. While not confirmed, sources say Grint will play Bob Cratchit, Scrooge’s selfless employee. It is unknown who the others will be playing.

Stephen Deuters and Jason Forman are executive producers. Adam Bohling and David Reid are also exec producing.

Grint is repped by CAA, B-Side Management, Entertainment 360 and Sloane, Offer, Weber, & Dern. Claflin is repped by UTA, Independent Talent Group, Murphy is repped by The Artists Partnership, and Bamber is repped by Curtis Brown in the UK and UTA in the U.S. Conti is repped by WME, The Artists Partnership and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light, and Ridley is repped by by CAA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.