Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for Ebenezer, a new A Christmas Carol adaptation starring Johnny Depp — and the trailer itself has become the story.
Depp, heavily made up and grey-haired as Scrooge, winks at the camera and says “It’s good to be back”. In another cut of the trailer, he adds: “I’m not the man I was.” Coverage of the new trailer broke on 9 November 2026.
It is Depp’s first major studio release since his ex-wife’s abuse allegations and the lengthy legal battles that pushed him out of mainstream Hollywood. CNN calls the trailer “more like a promo video for star Johnny Depp himself” — a comeback framed around the actor as much as the film.
The film arrives in theatres on 13 November 2026, directed by horror filmmaker Ti West, with a cast that also includes Rupert Grint, Ian McKellen and Daisy Ridley. Test audiences have rated Depp and the film highly, according to Puck.
Paramount tested the waters earlier this year by sending Depp in full Scrooge makeup to Comic-Con in San Diego this summer, where the sight of the actor in character drew a huge reaction.
Note for readers: an earlier Ebenezer teaser circulated in late October. The trailer covered here is the new cut released on 8–9 November, with the “It’s good to be back” line at its centre.
Depp next stars in Day Drinker alongside Penelope Cruz and Madelyn Cline, but for now all eyes are on Ebenezer — and on whether audiences are ready to welcome him back.
It has been a big week for film trailers, from the Cliff Booth trailer with Brad Pitt to Jimmy, the James Stewart biopic starring KJ Apa. Ebenezer opens in theatres on 13 November.
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