Preview: Robert Eggers has his eye on ‘A Christmas Carol.’ He’s aiming to have Willem Dafoe play iconic miser Scrooge. The movie is in development at Warner Bros.

Now, they are rumored to be working together again on Eggers newest project, a horror take on Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol.” Warner Bros. has tapped Eggers to write, produce and direct ...

Sources tell Deadline that Warner Bros is in development with Eggers who will write and direct a retelling of the classic Charles Dickens Christmas ghost story A Christmas Carol.

More about the movie: Scrooge is based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and is one of the best movie adaptations of any of his works. The film was released in the US under the ...