Johnny Depp stops by CinemaCon to showcase footage from Ti West’s Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol
Call it a comeback?
He’s been here for years. He’s been beloved for decades. However, Johnny Depp‘s public image has been questioned since his messy divorce from Amber Heard, which has called his personal nature into question. Following the entire drama, Disney has been back and forth on developing a new Pirates of the Caribbean with him, despite Jerry Bruckheimer wanting to continue working with him. At Paramount’s presentation during CinemaCon, Depp would show up to a huge applause from distributors as the actor prepared to showcase his Ebenezer film. Lots of people yelled, “We love you, Johnny!” The star was noticeably moved by the reception. With our Chris Bumbray in attendance, he stated that, “It felt a lot like his comeback to movies.”
Previewing Ebenezer
As Depp turned attention to Ti West‘s Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol, he said he initially felt that no one could play the famous holiday character as good as Alistair Sim. However, Deep wanted to find a new angle and glowed that West has tapped into something special with his interpretation while he joked that “he was just around for laughs.”
From a report straight from the event, Bumbray said that the footage “looks like a big movie. Unlike anything West has done. Depp is actually playing the role somewhat grounded. He has an English accent, but it’s not like one of his too over-the-top roles. It looks very funny – he’s clearly channeling Sim a bit. Ian McKellen is Jacob Marley. Has real horror vibes, but very emotional. It looks like it could be a major hit, and seems like a real return to form for Depp – his best performance in a while.”
A Christmas Carol, Ti West-style
Ti West directs Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol from a script by Nathaniel Halpern. Last year, Deadline ran a story about the production, saying, “the classic Charles Dickens story has seen its fair share of retellings over the years with its tale of an elderly miser visited by the ghost of his former business partner and the spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come.” For his first major studio movie, “West will be telling 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.”
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