I watched Johnny Depp’s Scrooge trailer at CinemaCon and he’s very a lot again | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Since successful his libel case in opposition to 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 Pictures 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.

The 62-year-old, who’s surprisingly shy and introverted when not taking part in one among 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 was a kid” and for years had felt “there’s no one who can [play Scrooge] as good as Alistair Sim” within the 1951 traditional.

But 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. Aside from 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story, Depp’s tackle Scrooge is especially comedian and tongue-in-cheek, leaning into Dickens’ satire of such miserly outdated sinners. This is juxtaposed with West’s huge horror vibes, significantly from the white eyeballs of Andrea Riseborough’s Ghost of Christmas Past.

Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol hits cinemas on November 13, 2026.