Over time, Robert Eggers has grow to be one of many administrators whose identify I look ahead to seeing on upcoming horror motion pictures. After his beautiful directorial debut with 2015’s The Witch, he’s made a collection of nice comply with ups from The Lighthouse to his greatest hit but in Nosferatu. Now, I’ve simply realized the filmmaker is taking a look at adapting A Christmas Carol subsequent, a little bit of a change of tempo for the filmmaker, and the primary identify arising for casting already has me prepared to go to the spirit of Christmas future.
Willem Dafoe As Scrooge Is Probably Impressed Casting For A Christmas Carol
Deadline is reporting that Robert Eggers’ frequent collaborator Willem Dafoe is being eyed for the a part of Ebenezer Scrooge in his model of A Christmas Carol. And now that I’ve imagined Dafoe because the previous miser on the heart of the Charles Dickens traditional, I completely want this to occur now. I’ve no notes in any respect; it’d merely be excellent casting to see the acclaimed actor go on the journey of A Christmas Carol.
To be trustworthy, I wouldn’t have mentioned I would like a remake of A Christmas Carol earlier than listening to Eggers and Dafoe’s names collectively. There’ve been fairly a number of nice A Christmas Carol motion pictures through the years, and I’m not essentially itching for an additional model. Nonetheless, now that I give it some thought, Dafoe was virtually born to play Scrooge. There’s a dramatic and epic high quality to his performing that’s excellent for his arc, and I do know Eggers can have a novel imaginative and prescient for the traditional story.
I am Additionally Intrigued About How Robert Eggers Would Adapt The Charles Dickens Traditional
Relating to my curiosity in a Robert Eggers’ A Christmas Carol, I’m notably as a result of the Dickens guide isn’t a horror story, however completely may very well be tailored with the filmmaking sensibilities of the author/director. What Eggers has accomplished so masterfully through the years together with his filmography is expertly use manufacturing design, sound design, make-up and results to actually immerse audiences into the dread and disturbing emotions have been meant to really feel with the characters (to not point out particular interval settings), and I can completely see how he might do the identical factor with A Christmas Carol.
In our Nosferatu evaluation, we gave the film a very stable 4 out of 5 stars, and the film (which got here out on Christmas of final 12 months) did reasonably properly, making $181 million worldwide in opposition to a reported $50 million manufacturing finances. Now that Eggers has proven he could make a industrial success, I do like the thought of him tackling extra classics like A Christmas Carol. I’m already shaking in my boots serious about how he plans to adapt every spirit. And I’d be excited to know who he casts for every one among them.
Earlier than A Christmas Carol, Robert Eggers already has one other film he’s making first. We all know he’s doing a werewolf film known as Werwulf which is dated for Christmas Day in 2026. His vacation presents of flicks simply hold coming, and A Christmas Carol may very well be one other stable addition to his physique of labor.