After adapting Viking mythology and a basic vampire story, Robert Eggers has set his sights on Charles Dickens. IndieWire has confirmed that the “Nosferatu” filmmaker is about to put in writing and direct a brand new movie based mostly on Dickens’ vacation basic “A Christmas Carol” for Warner Bros., along with his muse Willem Dafoe eyed to star.
“A Christmas Carol” famously tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter, grasping businessman who’s pressured to confront his egocentric methods after being visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. The novel was first printed in 1843, and it has been tailored numerous occasions for the stage and display screen. Notable variations embody 1992’s “The Muppets Christmas Carol” and Robert Zemeckis’ 2009 movement seize movie “A Christmas Carol.” Past the direct variations, the e book’s construction, during which a personality is visited by ghosts of Previous, Current, and Future, has been used and parodied in so many various properties that it has turn into among the finest recognized plots in all of Western storytelling.
Whereas no particulars are recognized about Eggers’ tackle the fabric, it feels secure to take a position that it will likely be one of many darkest takes on the vacation novel that the world has ever seen.
“A Christmas Carol” joins a crowded slate of upcoming Eggers initiatives, together with the werewolf people horror movie “Werwulf” and a sequel to Jim Henson’s “Labyrinth.” Focus Options has introduced a Christmas Day, 2026 launch date for “Werwulf” — notably the identical day that “Nosferatu” hit theaters earlier than happening to gross $181 million on a $50 million finances. Assuming “A Christmas Carol” additionally units a Christmas season launch, Eggers could possibly be synonymous with darkish vacation counter programming for years to come back.
Information of Eggers’ “A Christmas Carol” was first reported by Deadline.