Ebenezer: Book vs. Movie

Ti West's 2026 film Ebenezer adapts Charles Dickens's book A Christmas Carol. Johnny Depp plays Scrooge, with Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough and Sam Claflin among the cast.

ComingIn theaters November 13, 2026
The bookA Christmas Carol
The movieEbenezer
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About the book and the movie
Book
A Christmas Carol cover
Author
Charles Dickens
Year
1843
Pages
106Buy book
Audiobook length
1 hr 5 minGet audiobook
Narrator
Andy Sacs

Ebenezer Scrooge treats Christmas as an interruption to business and other people's hardship as none of his concern. On Christmas Eve, his dead partner Jacob Marley arrives with a warning about the life Scrooge is making for himself. Three spirits lead him through Christmases past, present and still to come, forcing him to look beyond the money he has accumulated.

Movie
Ebenezer poster
Director
Ti West
Year
2026
Cast
Johnny Depp, Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin
Genre
fantasy
IMDb
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Ebenezer Scrooge is drawn into a supernatural journey through the London he knows and the life he has made there. Encounters with his past, present and possible future confront him with the consequences of his choices. The chance to change course depends on facing what those experiences reveal about him.

Other adaptations of this book

  1. A Christmas CarolScrooged · Movie · 1988
    Details
    Scrooged poster
    Director
    Richard Donner
    Writer
    Michael O'Donoghue, Mitch Glazer
    Year
    1988
    Runtime
    1 hr 42 min
    Cast
    Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover

    Television executive Frank Cross is overseeing a lavish Christmas broadcast while making the people around him miserable. A visit from his dead mentor interrupts the preparations, followed by three spirits determined to confront him with the life he has built. Frank's efforts to control the situation only make his increasingly chaotic Christmas Eve worse.

  2. A Christmas CarolThe Muppet Christmas Carol · Movie · 1992
    Details
    The Muppet Christmas Carol poster
    Director
    Brian Henson
    Writer
    Jerry Juhl
    Year
    1992
    Runtime
    1 hr 22 min
    Cast
    Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson

    Ebenezer Scrooge begrudges his clerk Bob Cratchit even a day away from work for Christmas. That night, two dead business partners warn him that his greed has consequences, and three spirits arrive to demonstrate them. Gonzo, playing Charles Dickens, narrates Scrooge's journey with Rizzo as their subject resists every uncomfortable revelation.

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