Johnny Depp has booked his next major movie role!

On Thursday (October 23), it was reported that the 62-year-old actor will be starring as Ebenezer Scrooge in an upcoming new, darker take on Charles Dickens ‘ A Christmas Carol directed by horror filmmaker Ti West and produced by Paramount Pictures.

The studio is describing the movie, titled Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol , as “a thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, following one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future and fight for a second chance,” according to The Hollywood Reporter .

Andrea Riseborough is also attached to star in the project that has a script by Nathaniel Halpern .

If you didn’t know, Ti West is the filmmaker behind the X , Pearl , and MaXXXine movies.

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