EXCLUSIVE: Ian McKellen and Tramell Tillman are set to 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 has 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 poor man 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 Tillman will play the Ghost of Christmas Present. It is unknown who McKellen will play.
Stephen Deuters and Jason Forman are executive producers. Adam Bohling and David Reid are also executive producing.
Tillman is coming off his acclaimed performance in the most recent season of Apple’s Severancewhich won him an Emmy for best supporting actor this year. He is currently in production on Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day alongside Tom Holland. He recently wrapped production on the Amazon MGM Studios film Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother and Lena Dunham’s Netflix movie Good Sex. This spring, Tillman starred opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoningwhich had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
For McKellen, the Oscar-nominated actor is no stranger to high-profile IP starring in such hit franchises as X-Men and Lord of the Rings.
McKellen is repped by Independent Talent Group and CAA and Tillman is repped by UTA, Principal Entertainment LA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer.
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