Although there’s an actual argument to be made for a moratorium on any extra diversifications of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, new Apple TV+-produced musical film Spirited does a minimum of seem to have some attention-grabbing twists on the idea. To not point out Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell and Octavia Spencer starring. Take a look on the first teaser trailer…

Daddy’s Residence director Sean Anders, working with common collaborator John Morris, has cooked up the story. Every Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Current (Ferrell) selects one darkish soul to be reformed by a go to from three spirits. However this season, he picked the flawed Scrooge. Clint Briggs (Reynolds) turns the tables on his ghostly host till Current finds himself reexamining his personal previous, current and future…

The musical aspect has a robust pedigree too, that includes songs from Oscar winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, whereas skilled choreographer Chloe Arnold dealt with getting the solid consistent with the dance strikes.

US audiences will have the ability to see this one in cinemas from 11 November (no phrase on an analogous UK plan) and it will launch globally by way of Apple TV+ on 18 November.

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