Instead of Marley orchestrating Scrooge’s haunting, Scrooge’s fate is placed in the hands of Mary Cratchit (Vinette Robinson), the wife of Bob Cratchit. Martha Griffin (Remmie Milner), Mary Cratchit (Vinnette Robinson), Bob Cratchit (Joe Alwyn), and Tim Cratchit (Lenny Rush) celebrate on Christmas Day. Zucker, is being accurately billed as a “ dark reimagining (opens in a new tab)” of the story. The 2019 fantasy movie, written and executively produced by Steven Knight ( Peaky Blinders, Dirty Pretty Things) and executively produced by Ridley Scott, Tom Hardy, Katie Crowe, Dean Baker, and David W. after his mystical night, Scrooge reflects on his actions and resolves to change for the better: He becomes “as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man as knew,” according to Dickens’ original prose (opens in a new tab).įX’s adaptation diverges drastically from the original Dickensian tale. If feeling chilled to the bone is your cup of tea, FX’s A Christmas Carol very well might be your latest festive obsession. When Scrooge refuses, Marley’s ghost enlists the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future to haunt Scrooge in the wee hours of Christmas morning. That night, Marley’s ghost visits Scrooge and urges him to change his selfish ways. The story finds Scrooge on Christmas Eve, a year after the death of his equally inconsiderate business partner, Jacob Marley. He forgoes his nephew’s Christmas party every year and pays his sole employee, Bob Cratchit, next to nothing. You probably know the original: Dickens’ A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a grumpy, miserly loan shark who despises Christmas.

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