| Trailer For ‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator’s Dark Take On ‘A Christmas Carol’ Released
The Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol is a timeless classic, adapted a great many times in the years since its publication in 1843. For the upcoming holiday season a new adaptation of the tale is coming, this time from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. A teaser trailer for this latest take was released earlier this week, and it promises a darker version of the story than most of the previous adaptations we’ve seen. More info on the new adaptation of A Christmas Carol and the trailer can be found below.
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| Apple Lands Musical Take On Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ Starring Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell
A new adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol is on the way. This one will be a musical, with Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell set to star. Now this latest take on A Christmas Carol has a home. After a bidding war which included Netflix, Warner Bros., and Paramount all making offers to acquire the movie, it was Apple who ultimately won the project and is now in final negotiations to complete the acquisition. And it sounds like they dropped some big money on the table to pass all other bidders.
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| Official Trailer For ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ Released
An official trailer has been released for The Man Who Invented Christmas. The movie is the latest to tell the story of the creation of a classic story, similar to what we saw in Finding Neverland with the creation of Peter Pan, and the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh we’ll be seeing in Goodbye Christopher Robin. It follows author Charles Dickens as he finds inspiration for what would become a holiday season classic, A Christmas Carol, a story that has been adapted into many different movies and TV specials over the years. Dickens is played in the movie by Dan Stevens (Beauty and the Beast, Downton Abbey), with Christopher Plummer (A Beautiful Mind, The Sound of Music) playing Ebenezer Scrooge. Continue below to read a brief synopsis and check out the trailer.
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| Video: Supercut Of ‘A Christmas Carol’ Using 400 Different Versions
Chances are you’ve seen at least one adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. But you very likely have not seen them all. And you’ve most certainly never seen them like this. YouTube user Heath Waterman has created a supercut of A Christmas Carol using 400 different versions of the story plus extras. And no, not just movies. This includes movies, TV shows, books, songs, audiobooks, and more. It runs almost an hour long and you can give it a watch below.
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