Johnny Depp's Scrooge Heads to Cinemas on 13 November

Johnny Depp is back in Victorian costume as Ebenezer Scrooge, and Paramount's Ebenezer is set to reach cinemas on 13 November, Variety reported after a new trailer came out in October.

The film is Paramount's take on Charles Dickens's classic story of a miserly old man who is visited by ghosts on Christmas Eve. Paramount presents it as a film from Ti West. The studio's own film page lists Depp in the title role, with Andrea Riseborough, Ian McKellen, Tramell Tillman, Ellie Bamber, Arthur Conti and Henry Lloyd-Hughes in the cast.

The project first drew wider attention in December 2025, when Deadline reported that Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley, Sam Claflin and Charlie Murphy had joined the cast. Deadline later reported that the film received a first-look preview at CinemaCon, the cinema owners' convention in Las Vegas, in April 2026.

Depp made a surprise appearance in full Scrooge costume at San Diego Comic-Con in July, according to Variety. The convention is one of the biggest fan events in the calendar, so the appearance put the character in front of a crowd long before the film's release.

Ahead of the release, a special screening took place in New York. Deadline's photo gallery shows Depp at the event, alongside Andrea Riseborough, Britt Lower, Hayley Atwell, Tramell Tillman, Shaboozey and Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan. A special screening is a one-off showing for invited guests, held before the public can buy tickets.

Depp is not stopping with this role. Variety reported that his next film is Day Drinker, from Lionsgate, which will follow Ebenezer. Lionsgate is an independent studio, separate from the major Hollywood studios, and it releases films through its own label and partner deals.

Christmas films have a long history in the cinema calendar. Studios often time them for the weeks before the holidays, when families go out together. A 13 November date puts Ebenezer in that run-up, a few weeks before the big seasonal weekends.

The film's release sits in the same window as the rest of the autumn schedule, which means it has to compete for the same audiences. Box-office results will show how many people chose to see a Scrooge story on the big screen this year.