According to Collider, Oscar winner Octavia Spencer (
Hidden Figures,
The Shape of Water) has entered negotiations to star opposite Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds in Apple Studios’ upcoming musical reimagining titled
Spirited based on the classic tale
A Christmas Carol. Should the deal pushes through, this project would mark Spencer’s latest collaboration with Apple TV+, which is currently working on the second season of
Truth Be Told.
Spencer is reportedly set to portray the role of a good-natured colleague to Reynolds’ Scrooge-like character. Her unnamed character will help Ferrell’s Present teach the man kindness during the holiday season.
How A Christmas Carol invented modern time travel
Here s how the sci-fi trope fits into the holiday.
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Every year, right around the time of the winter solstice, families across the country gather around dinner tables or hearths or Zoom calls to celebrate the spirit of the holiday – which, depending on your interpretation, involves gifts, gratitude, feasts and… time travel.
Yeah. Time travel. The Doc Brown, Doctor Who, sci-fi thing. Bear with me a second, this is gonna be sort of weird but I promise it’s fun and even, I’m not kidding, makes perfect sense: A Christmas Carol invented both modern time travel and helped define modern Christmas, so it must therefore be concluded that time travel is as important a part of the holiday as gift giving, mistletoe, “Die Hard” and seeing relatives get drunker than is comfortable. But let’s back up.
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Here s how the sci-fi trope fits into the holiday.
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Every year, right around the time of the winter solstice, families across the country gather around dinner tables or hearths or Zoom calls to celebrate the spirit of the holiday – which, depending on your interpretation, involves gifts, gratitude, feasts and… time travel.
Yeah. Time travel. The Doc Brown, Doctor Who, sci-fi thing. Bear with me a second, this is gonna be sort of weird but I promise it’s fun and even, I’m not kidding, makes perfect sense: A Christmas Carol invented both modern time travel and helped define modern Christmas, so it must therefore be concluded that time travel is as important a part of the holiday as gift giving, mistletoe, “Die Hard” and seeing relatives get drunker than is comfortable. But let’s back up.
How A Christmas Carol invented modern time travel
Here s how the sci-fi trope fits into the holiday.
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Every year, right around the time of the winter solstice, families across the country gather around dinner tables or hearths or Zoom calls to celebrate the spirit of the holiday – which, depending on your interpretation, involves gifts, gratitude, feasts and… time travel.
Yeah. Time travel. The Doc Brown, Doctor Who, sci-fi thing. Bear with me a second, this is gonna be sort of weird but I promise it’s fun and even, I’m not kidding, makes perfect sense: A Christmas Carol invented both modern time travel and helped define modern Christmas, so it must therefore be concluded that time travel is as important a part of the holiday as gift giving, mistletoe, “Die Hard” and seeing relatives get drunker than is comfortable. But let’s back up.