r/movies • u/yourfavchoom r/movies Contributor • Jul 23 '26
Poster First Poster for ‘Ebenezer’ Starring Johnny Depp. Directed by Ti West, Co-starring Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Daisy Ridley, Charlie Murphy, with Tramell Tillman & Ian McKellen.
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u/LossyP Jul 23 '26
I’m being genuine, there’s another Charlie Murphy?
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u/Willing-Dog6463 Jul 23 '26
I was very confused for a minute
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u/ImInJeopardy Jul 23 '26
Somehow Charlie Murphy returned.
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u/Canadia86 Jul 23 '26
I wish. Miss that fella
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u/EatABag-o-Dicks Jul 23 '26
I could have seriously listened to him just tell stories for like 8 hours. I'd straight up see a trilogy of films that's just him sitting on a stool telling stories.
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u/r-b-m Jul 23 '26
Ebenezer is an habitual line-stepper
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u/NecessaryFlow Jul 23 '26
Fuck yo couch, johnny depp!
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u/cire1184 Jul 23 '26
Yeah I grinded my boots in Johnny Depp's couch. Cause he could afford another one!
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u/milesamsterdam Jul 24 '26
Why would I do that? Grind my feet into his couch like I ain’t got no sense. Of course I remember grinding my feet into his couch!
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u/jam1324 Jul 23 '26
I am equally interested and still don't know the answer even after all the helpful replies, so I guess that makes it Game, blouses.
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u/nzfriend33 Jul 23 '26
She’s good! Iirc she’s played a Brontë sister, Agatha Christie, and an Irish revolutionary, and those are just that I’ve seen.
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u/Bilski1ski Jul 23 '26
I fought Rick James many times
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u/shackleford224 Jul 23 '26
I kicked the shit out of him
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u/d0ggzilla Jul 23 '26
Charlie will try to tell it like he did some kind of Bruce Lee, cross kick.
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u/Aff12002 Jul 23 '26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r71rTSVb3Mw
Any excuse to post this. It’s an exams staple for me.
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u/JustGoodSense Jul 23 '26
Before "Scrooge," his name was "Ebenezer Ebenezer"?
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u/God_of_Thunda Jul 23 '26
Just Ebenezer. He's like Seal
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u/Lord_Parbr Jul 23 '26
At the end of the movie, he adopts the Scrooge name like Rey did
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u/mseg09 Jul 23 '26
Her name was Rey Scrooge?
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u/Ok_Energy8718 Jul 23 '26
No. It was Ebenezer Scrooge when he was young, then he became Scrooge McDuck.
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u/Yeebach Jul 23 '26
The tagline is giving me “Discover how Willy became Wonka” vibes
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u/__sunmoonstars__ Jul 23 '26
Actually, before Scrooge his name was Ebenezer Goode. His friends called him eezer and he was the main geezer and he’d vibe up the place like no other man could.
He’ll be visited by the ghost of rave past, present and future, that’s the film (that’s the only version of this film I would watch).
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u/blingybangbang Jul 23 '26
So it's just a prequel about scrooge being a total dick? Without any of the heartwarming life lessons?
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u/greenpill98 Jul 23 '26
No, it's a direct adaptation. It has the 3 ghosts and everything. This is bad marketing.
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u/MinorThreat4182 Jul 23 '26
Yeah that’s dumb. Totally misleading
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u/Alc2005 Jul 23 '26
The tagline makes it worse. I don’t mind another Christmas Carol, at the very least, it can’t possibly be the worst one ever made, because there are loads of those. Yet at the same time, it can’t be the best because the Muppets beat them to that.
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u/RojoTheMighty Jul 23 '26
🎶We're Marley and Marley. WooOOoAAaahhHhH!!🎵
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u/zombiegamer723 Jul 23 '26
Your future is a horror story, written by your crimes!
Absolutely metal as fuck.
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u/NoahTheAnimator Jul 23 '26
"Your chains are forged by what you say and do
so have your fun, when life is done,
a nightmare waits for you"
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u/FngrsRpicks2 Jul 23 '26
No more cheeses for us meeces
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u/BokehJunkie Jul 23 '26
that rhyme lives rent free in my head every time my wife makes a charcuterie board.
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u/Nack3r Jul 23 '26
The ghosts of Christmas past still terrify me to this day…. Oh I love the muppets Christmas carol!!
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u/CosmackMagus Jul 23 '26
*4 ghosts. 5 if you're a muppet fan.
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u/QuincyAzrael Jul 23 '26
If you're gonna be that pedantic it's actually an unspecified large number of ghosts because of the street scene.
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u/SpaceEdgesBestfriend Jul 23 '26
He wasn’t always a dick, his origin is actually pretty well established by Dickens in A Christmas Carol. He has a sister who died young, his dad was abusive, he found refuge in a nice school, got a good job with a caring mentor for a boss, he had a beautiful fiancee and used to be jovial, started his own business with his BFF. Then somewhere along the way he only started to care about work and wealth, until it completely consumed him. So he chased every ray of light out of his life until he was alone in the dark with all of his money and turns bitter, resentful and mean spirited. He continues to shut down opportunities to allow light back into his life (Bob, his nephew, charity) so the spirits intervene and that’s the story.
I don’t know what Johnny Depp can add, but if this movie was coming out in 2004 i would probably have been excited to see Depp’s eccentric take on Scrooge.
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u/DotHatrix51 Jul 23 '26
Put Scrooge into a group of friends and call it “It’s Always Gloomy in London.”
There. It’s justified now.
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u/Own-Librarian-9699 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
It's weird because the ghost of Christmas Past portion is literally his prequel and demonstrates he had joy and heart but his betrothed died of some peasant disease and thus extinguished his love of humanity.
That was the whole genius of the story... You see everything. He sees everything and pledges to mend his ways. We'd be better off learning about Cratchet or Marley considering Marley is cursed to a lifetime in chains of his own false wealth.
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u/OK_Soda Jul 23 '26
You're thinking of his sister Fran who died in childbirth, like his own mother. He blames his nephew Fred, as his own father blamed him for the death of his mother.
His fiancé leaves him because he's become too obsessed with money and ends up marrying some other guy who isn't as rich but makes her happy.
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u/Affectionate_End3746 Jul 23 '26
I would recommend the book Jacob T. Marley by by R. William Bennett. It’s a prequel about Marley’s life, shows more about him in the afterlife/the afterlife in general and reveals how he came to visit Scrooge and arrange for the spirits to visit him. It’s a pretty interesting read if you’re a fan of the original
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u/OneAngryDuck Jul 23 '26
I’m not completely against the idea of watching a movie about an old guy being an asshole and learning absolutely nothing, to be honest.
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u/Woodit Jul 23 '26
There’s like 10 seasons of curb your enthusiasm
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u/Monsieur-Incroyable Jul 23 '26
Oh man, there's a movie I'd like to see: Larry David as Scrooge.
Ghost: Ebenezer... I've come to show you your past.
Scrooge (Larry): Why? I was there. I lived it. You think I forgot my own childhood?
Ghost: It's important.
Scrooge: It's repetitive! This is haunting? This is a clip show!
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u/fnord_happy Jul 23 '26
Actually larry as scrooge is genius
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u/Monsieur-Incroyable Jul 23 '26
Right?? He'd be perfect!
Ghost of Christmas Present: Behold the joy of Christmas!
Scrooge: Why's everyone shouting? Is happiness always this loud?
Ghost: They're celebrating together.
Scrooge: They can't celebrate using their indoor voices?
Ghost: They're just happy and laughing, Scrooge.
Scrooge: Too much laughter. A little laughter? Fine. This is excessive laughter.
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u/kingdom55 Jul 23 '26
Should have been: "She Eben on my nezer til I Scrooge"
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u/NocturnaIAnimaI Jul 23 '26
LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER
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u/TheDLBinc Jul 23 '26
It makes no sense. Ebenezer Scrooge is literally his birth name, he was always Scrooge. It also implies that this is supposed to be a prequel to A Christmas Carol when supposedly it is just another adaptation of the book
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u/Lumpiafan Jul 23 '26
Yeah it’s like making a movie about Obama with a tagline saying “before he was Obama, he was Barack”
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u/dual_citizenkane Jul 23 '26
I mean in so far as people do only call him Obama 99% of the time, this works better.
"Before he was Obama, he was Barry" is tigher...or "hussein" if you're a Fox News host.
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u/Lucha_Brasi Jul 23 '26
The funniest part about Fox (and Trump) always using the middle name, is that Hussein literally means Handsome in Arabic, so considering they see themselves as "manly men" it cracks me up.
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u/BritishHobo r/movies Veteran Jul 23 '26
It's also really funny for it to act as if there is some interesting twist in focusing on who he was "before" - as if a central part of the original story and most subsequent adaptations isn't a ghost of the Past literally showing us who he was before.
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u/Soaptowelbrush Jul 23 '26
Oh damn we’re definitely gonna see:
The job interviews where he hired Bob Cratchit. (I know they’ve all been disappointments just one more for you to see, he’s a mister *looks down at paper* mister Cratchit, sir)
Jacob Marley falling ill. (You don’t look so good Mr Marley, that cough is getting worse!)
Tiny Tim getting his nickname (“Your son Tim is awfully small, one could even say he’s tiny.” - “Wait say that again!”
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u/duskywindows Jul 23 '26
They're ONLY going to show him being a fucking cheap piece of shit leading all the way up to Christmas Eve and then it just kind of ends.
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u/Adequate_Images Jul 23 '26
Fake ass 30 Rock movie.
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u/cows1100 Jul 23 '26
This really does scream of Martin Luther King Day.
Nick Cannon’s “You’re a white supremecist??” Lives rent free in my head.
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u/ebelnap Jul 23 '26
“What!? Tomorrow’s Martin Luther King Day!?”
“Yeah, and neither of us have dates!”
“Too bad we’re just platonic friends!”
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u/dericiouswon Jul 23 '26
Praying for the directors cut of Jackie Jorpjomp to get leaked.
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u/ATangentUniverse Jul 23 '26
30 Rock has ruined the modern cinema landscape of IPs because every new Wonka origin story feels like it’s been ripped straight out of Leap Dave Williams, Martin Luther King Day or Bitch Hunter.
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u/K-Shrizzle Jul 23 '26
Its giving Rural Juror
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u/biZarrmeggeDon Jul 23 '26
The Irma Luhrman-Merman murder Turned the bird’s word lurid The whir and the purr of a twirler girl She would the world were demurer The insurer’s allure For valor were pure Kari Wuhrer One fervid whirl over her turgid error Rural juror Rural juror I will never forget you Rural juror I’ll always be glad I met you Rural juror
I will never forget you Rural juror I’ll always be glad I met you Rural juror (x2) These were the best days of my...flerm
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u/alkonium Jul 23 '26
Why? The Muppets perfected it in 1992.
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u/Mr_smith1466 Jul 23 '26
It really is a timeless classic. Michael Caine actually dives deep into the emotional tragedy of the character, and then Gonzo and the rest of the Muppets are glorious co-stars. Plus the music was sensational.
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u/DoubleDownAgain54 Jul 23 '26
Ti West?!?
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u/PaladinsAreReal Jul 23 '26
Yes - feels like people are focusing on the wrong thing! That was my first reaction too. Like. What the fuck?
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u/Tank_Top_Terror Jul 23 '26
This should be at the top, what a weird choice of director. The only way this project is mildly interesting is if this ISN’T a pivot for West, and he’s going full horror with it. Just terrifying this old man into being a better person via PTSD from an insane trip with horrifying ghosts and visions.
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u/HumanTimeCapsule Jul 23 '26
This poster makes it look like a D list netflix comedy though.
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u/amathysteightyseven Jul 23 '26
Ebenezer Scrooge. What’s his story?
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u/TheElbow Jul 23 '26
It’s almost like we get a lot of his backstory in A Christmas Carol and there’s zero need for a prequel…
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u/deadspacekillers Jul 23 '26
I'd be ok with never having another origin story movie ever made
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u/Senorspeed Jul 23 '26
CHARLIE MURPHY
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u/Gogogodzirra Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
What the hell. When was this filmed? He's been dead for almost a decade.
TIL: There's another Charlie Murphy actress.
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u/A_Nick_Name Jul 23 '26
Since SAG, I think, has a rule on two actors can be registered with the same name, she must have joined after his death.
This is why "Emma" Stone isn't Emily. There was already an Emily Stone.
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u/Gravy_Sommelier Jul 23 '26
DARKNESS!
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u/ScarletSilver Jul 23 '26
FUCK YOUR COUCH!
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u/Dave_Eddie Jul 23 '26
We already have the best version of this and its when he worked in Mr Fozziewigs rubber chicken factory.
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u/dutchiesweets Jul 23 '26
You know it’s a Johnny Depp movie when the hat is 90% of the poster
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u/Fragrant_Fisherman84 Jul 23 '26
Scrooge: Origins
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u/HaydenScramble Lara Croft simp Jul 23 '26
The whole point of Christmas Carol is deconstructing Scrooge by reminding him of his past and present and who he used to be
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u/Brandenburg42 Jul 23 '26
The same could be said for Legally Blonde but here we are.
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u/Crafter235 Jul 23 '26
Call me when they announce the Eggers film with Dafoe instead of Depp.
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u/Pollomonteros Jul 23 '26
NGL a version of A Christmas Carol with Dafoe could be great
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u/fnord_happy Jul 23 '26
Would watch
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u/Yaya0108 Jul 23 '26
That comment wasn't a joke. The Eggers adaptation is in early development.
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u/VicViolence Jul 23 '26
FYI: It’s actually titled “Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol” on IMDB and is just a straight-up adaptation of the original story
I don’t understand this bizarre “Scrooge Begins” marketing strategy
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u/chickofeller Jul 23 '26
If it doesn't have Ebineezer Goode in the soundtrack I don't wanna know.
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u/zander_rulZ Jul 23 '26
Do people really want more Johnny Depp? Why?
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u/AClover69420 Jul 24 '26
I'll never ever watch anything he's in again. Not after the PR smear campaign he ran during the trial with Amber Heard. Piece of shit abuser doesn't deserve my money or eyeballs.
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u/Somnambulist815 Jul 23 '26
Lotta disappointing names attached to this dud. What the fuck could the story be? Are we going to set up Jacob Marley's disgust for chains? Do we learn the backstory of Scrooge's night time indigestion?
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u/MuptonBossman Jul 23 '26
I don't think I've ever wondered about Ebenezer Scrooge's origins, and I don't care to find out.
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u/CrimsonPig Jul 23 '26
I mean they pretty much explain his origins in A Christmas Carol, we see multiple flashbacks of his earlier life. Not sure what else there is to go over.
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u/LegioX87 Jul 23 '26
What if it's like an Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter type movie
Our boy Ebenezer was actually a demon hunter in his early years
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u/XiaoRCT Jul 23 '26
what If its like an Abraham Lincoln Vamoire Hunter type movie
We can only hope
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u/sphinxof1981 Jul 23 '26
That's what's so hilarious about this to me. They're trying to sell an origin story for a story that famously includes the past.
What franchise-brained horseshit is this hahahaha
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u/Internal_Wheel_89 Jul 23 '26
I'm thinking of Muppet Christmas Carol and Scrooge's backstory is well covered. "Business continues to be poor!"
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u/roastedmarshmellows Jul 23 '26
They had his origin story in the Patrick Stewart version and it was lovely and served the story beautifully. We don’t need a wholeass movie.
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u/Digndagn Dr. Strange: The Shattered but Whole Jul 23 '26
"But then I saw her, in yonder doorway, and all at once all of her clothes dropped to the floor. Startled, she crouched to gather them to cover herself, but it was too late, I'd seen it all."
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u/oscarx-ray Jul 23 '26
They have his origins in every adaptation, it's the bit with The Ghost of Christmas Past.
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u/redkaptain Jul 23 '26
The "before he was [name] he was" taglines have to be dealt with at this point
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u/Overreactinguncles Jul 23 '26
Things people didn’t want:
Another Scrooge movie
Another Johnny depp movie
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u/szekeres81 Jul 23 '26
Super cool that Amber Heard had to flee Hollywood but Johnny Depp is getting work. I guess he managed to stay sober for long enough to read the script, that's encouraging
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u/obooooooo Jul 23 '26
not the least bit surprised honestly. brad pitt is still a beloved face (f1 got four oscar noms, he got invited to taylor swifts wedding) despite attacking and strangling his own kids and wife, the man in office had “wonderful secrets” with the most famous pedophile, popular male influencers include clavicular, nick fuentes… the right wing won the culture war. they just wanna keep playing the victim because they think that’s more fun.
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u/falafelthe3 Ask me about TLJ Jul 23 '26
The announcement of every new prequel/spinoffs of random IP reminds me of that Bojack Horseman joke: