MONEYBALL Director Tackling New Adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Do we really need another adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol? The story has been put on film almost twenty times already, not to mention the hundreds (probably thousands) of stage productions that have taken place since the book's first publication in 1843. Robert Zemeckis directed a CG version starring Jim Carrey that came out in 2009, which wasn't that long ago! But THR reports that Moneyball and Foxcatcher director Bennett Miller has another adaptation in the works from writer Tom Stoppard (Brazil, Shakespeare in Love).

At least they aren't going to try to do another modernized version of the story to make it "cool" or to try to appeal to a teenaged audience. This one will be set in the 19th century, just like the original novella. Mega-producers Megan Ellison and Scott Rudin are producing alongside Miller and Jennifer Fox, so this definitely has some heavy hitters in its corner, but I can't shake the fact that yet another retelling of this story seems unnecessary at this point unless they can do something that really differentiates it from all of the other adaptations.