Love him or hate him, Johnny Depp is back. Paramount held a number of press screenings for the scandal-plagued star’s big Hollywood return, Ebenezerin recent days and the first reactions are being felt on social networks.
Ebenezer had its world premiere at the Whitby Hotel in New York on November 1. The film had its London premiere in Leicester Square on Monday evening. Full reviews of the film will be released on November 12, but Paramount has allowed people who attended the various screenings to post brief reactions to the film on social media. Ebenezer hits theaters worldwide on November 13.
The latest adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic 1843 novel A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer is a darker comedy about the trials and tribulations of one Ebenezer Scrooge. Set in Victorian London, the film follows Scrooge (Depp), a miserly businessman who particularly hates Christmas. Scrooge sets out on a journey of redemption after being visited by three spirits.
The film has an A-list cast including Tramell Tillman, Ian McKellen, Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Daisy Ridley, Arthur Conti, Ellie Bamber and Henry Lloyd-Hughes.
Ebenezer is directed by Ti West, the filmmaker behind the highly acclaimed A24 film. X trilogy as well as The perch (2005), Trigger man (2007), The Devil’s House (2009), The innkeepers (2011) and In a valley of violence (2016). Nathaniel Halpern wrote the screenplay.
There are many things to do Ebenezer for Depp. The film is the Oscar-nominated actor’s first mainstream Hollywood feature since the fallout from his divorce from Amber Heard and the legal battles that followed. Once one of the entertainment industry’s most profitable stars, Depp has barely worked since 2020, starring in the 2023 French film Jeanne du Barryand direct and produce (but not star) in the Italian-produced biopic Modì, three days on the wing of madness in 2024.
After EbenezerDepp set to star in Lionsgate’s supernatural thriller Day drinker in 2027.
See social media reactions to Ebenezer below.
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