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BBC One will premiere its gruesome reworking of Bram Stoker’s Dracula on New Year’s Day. The Netflix co-production, written by Sherlock's Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, will air on three consecutive nights from January 1, 2020. No word yet on when it will drop globally on Netflix. Your New Year is gonna suck but…

Broadway box office mostly held steady last week, even as many shows might not have overmuch to cheer about during the pre-holiday week. In all, the 35 productions took in $32,015,929, down just 2% from the previous week’s 36-production roster. Total attendance for the week ending Nov. 24 was 278,056, off about 4%…

There’s an abundance of treats offered by director Matthew Warchus’ staging of A Christmas Carol – like Andrea Martin dressed as a Victorian caroler mingling with the audience at Broadway Lyceum Theatre, handing out Clementines and cookies before curtain – but perhaps the best is the revelation that the Dickens…

From the looks of the trailer for FX’s forthcoming adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, this isn’t going to be your run-of-the-mill “bah humbug!” tale of Scrooge with a polished, happily-ever-after ending. Steven Knight brings the dark and grimy sensibilities from Taboo and Peaky Blinders to retell the…

Bill Condon and Disney, who previously teamed on the 2017 live-action redo of Beauty and the Beast, are reteaming for a musical take on the Charles Dickens staple A Christmas Carol, Deadline has confirmed. Condon, who was nominated for an Oscar for adapting the 2003 Best Picture winner Chicago, will direct and already…

Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds will be starring in the musical rendition of the Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, which was acquired by Apple in a competitive bid. Sean Anders and John Morris will direct. Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum will produce through their Gloria Sanchez label. Reynolds and George Dewey…

Andrea Martin and LaChanze will join the previously announced Campbell Scott in this holiday season’s Broadway production of A Christmas Carol, an adaptation of the Dickens classic by playwright Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and director Matthew Warchus (Matilda The Musical). Martin will play the…

Actor Campbell Scott (House of Cards, Dying Young) will tackle the holiday season’s favorite miser with an eight-week Broadway run of A Christmas Carol, with Matthew Warchus directing the Jack Thorne adaptation of the Dickens classic. The production heads to Broadway via London, where the show played well-received…

FX has boarded the BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol. The three-part series is produced by Ridley Scott's Scott Free, Tom Hardy's Hardy Son & Baker and FX Productions. The U.S. cable network will air the series in December, the latest collaboration between the two broadcasters following Tab…

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is taking on Ebenezer Scrooge, putting his own spin on Charles Dickens under a deal that will see him partner again with the team from his other acclaimed drama, Taboo. BBC One has ordered a series of adaptations of Dickens’ classic novels to be produced by Ridley Scott's Scott Free…

Kevin Tancharoen has been locked to helm The Guns Of Christmas Past. The Andrew Hilton script might have been inspired by A Christmas Carol, but it takes liberties. The film revolves around a retired hitman who returns to Chicago on Christmas Eve to avenge the death of his friend. During his mission, he must fight his…