Scrooge: A Christmas Carol release date, cast, synopsis, first look photos, and more

Are you ready to see Charles Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge like never before?  Well, get ready for some Christmas fun as the Netflix adaptation Scrooge: A Christmas Carol has a “supernatural, time-traveling, musical” twist that is bound to put you in the festive mood.

According to Netflix’s Media Center, the newest adaptation of the classic tale will be featuring “re-imagined songs from the legendary and two-time Academy Award winner Leslie Bricusse OBE,” meaning we’re surely in for a treat. If you want to know more about Scrooge: A Christmas Carol ahead of its release, then you’re in the right place! Here’s everything we know about the upcoming Christmas movie.

Is there a Scrooge: A Christmas Carol release date?

Yes! On Aug. 30, Netflix unveiled its fall 2022 film slate and Scrooge: A Christmas Carol was included in the lineup. It was revealed that the Christmas movie would be making its way to Netflix on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. However, it will first be released in select theaters starting Nov. 18.

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol cast

A stellar cast has been signed on to voice the Netflix animated Christmas movie, with some pretty huge and recognizable names attached to the project. According to IMDb, these are the actors who are voice acting in the supernatural Charles Dickens Christmas story adaptation.

• Jessie Buckley will be voicing Isabel Fezziwig
• Olivia Colman is the voice of the Ghost of Christmas Past
• Luke Evans will be voicing THE Ebenezer Scrooge
• Johnny Flynn will be voicing Bob Cratchit
• Jonathan Pryce is the voice of Jacob Marley
• James Cosmo will be voicing Mr. Fezziwig
• Fra Fee is voicing Harry Huffman
• Trevor Dion Nicholas will be the voice of the Ghost of Christmas Present
• Giles Terera will be voicing Tom Jenkins

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol synopsis

Many will already be familiar with the classic Charles Dickens Christmas tale, so the synopsis for the Netflix adaptation does not give much away. It reads:

"“A supernatural, time-traveling, musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ cult Christmas story.”"

Is there Scrooge: A Christmas Carol trailer?

Unfortunately, we’re getting ahead of ourselves. The movie is still currently undergoing post-production, so an official trailer has yet to be revealed by the streaming giant. However, a trailer for the upcoming Christmas adaptation is bound to be released at a later date, closer to its release. That being said, we did recently get a first look at the animation!

First look at Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

On July 20, 2022, Netflix shared two images from the upcoming release of Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with their social media followers and revealed that the highly anticipated Charles Dickens adaptation is coming to our screens in December 2022. From the images, we can already tell that the animation will be beautiful, a sentiment that seems to be shared by many social media users also.

“Wow this looks beautiful, can’t wait for December now!” one Twitter user wrote in response to the post, with a second adding “the animation is stunning.”

FanSided Entertainment contributed to this report.