FX Shares a New Trailer for a Much Darker Take on A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge
There’s a new adaptation coming of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story A Christmas Carol from BBC and FX. We already saw a trailer from BBC, but now FX has released a new trailer for us to watch. This trailer is filled with a lot of fantastic new footage. Guy Pearce takes on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in this much darker take on the classic Christmas tale, and it looks great! I especially love Pearce’s take on Scrooge because he comes across as being as creepy as hell.
The miniseries will take “a darker approach to the 1843 British novella following Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man who despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night, he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future should he stay on the hateful path he is currently on.”
This new version of A Chrismas Carol was written and developed by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Taboo, See) and is being executive produced by Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott. The project also has a great supporting cast that includes Andy Serkis (Venom 2) as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Stephen Graham (Rocketman) as Jacob Marley, Charlotte Riley (Trust) as Lottie, Joe Alwyn (The Favourite) as Bob Cratchit, Vinette Robinson (Sherlock) as Mary Cratchit, Jason Flemyng (Pennyworth) as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, and Kayvon Novak (What We Do in the Shadows) as Ali Baba.
Hardy also has a mystery role in the film, but we don’t know who he’s playing for sure. I’ve speculated that he could be taking on the role is the Ghost of Christmas Present since that’s the only character not mentioned in the cast list above.
A Christmas Carol premieres on FX on December 19, 2019.