Johnny Depp was welcomed again to Hollywood with open arms because the star debuted his A Christmas Carol adaptation’s trailer for Ebenezer.
I watched Johnny Depp’s Scrooge trailer at CinemaCon and he’s very a lot again (Picture: GETTY)
Since successful his libel case towards his ex-wife Amber Heard, Johnny Depp has slowly however absolutely been making his return to Hollywood filmmaking.
None extra so than at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week, the place Paramount Footage launched him as a contemporary legend of cinema, earlier than the Jack Sparrow star got here on stage to thunderous applause from followers within the viewers.
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The 62-year-old, who’s surprisingly shy and introverted when not taking part in one in all his vibrant characters, was there to introduce his newest film, Ebenezer.
Depp performs Scrooge in Ti West’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which leans closely into the ghostly horror of the story.
Depp confessed he had been “obsessed” with the novella “since I used to be a child” and for years had felt “there’s nobody who can [play Scrooge] nearly as good as Alistair Sim” within the 1951 basic.
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Johnny Depp mentioned he is been obsessive about A Christmas Carol since he was a child (Picture: GETTY)
However Depp was persuaded to tackle the function and debuted the primary trailer of Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol, which co-stars Rupert Grint as Bob Cratchit. Except for the acquainted beats of the story, Depp’s tackle Scrooge is especially comedian and tongue-in-cheek, leaning into Dickens’ satire of such miserly outdated sinners. That is juxtaposed with West’s huge horror vibes, significantly from the white eyeballs of Andrea Riseborough’s Ghost of Christmas Previous.
In the meantime, Sir Ian McKellen reveals up as Jacob Marley, sitting in a wing armchair by the hearth with Depp’s Scrooge. The Gandalf actor just lately shared he “fell in love” with the Pirates actor throughout “a little bit of a love fest” on set.
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol hits cinemas on November 13, 2026.
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