FX and BBC One Partner on New Adaptation of Charles Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

FX and BBC One are re-teaming with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free and Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son & Baker on a new three-part special of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol.” The logline: “A Christmas Carol” features a star-studded ensemble cast including Guy Pearce (“Mary Queen of Scots”) playing Ebenezer Scrooge; Andy Serkis (“Black Panther”) as Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham (“This Is England”) as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (“Peaky Blinders”) as Lottie; Joe Alwyn (“The Favourite”) as Bob Cratchit; Vinette Robinson (“Doctor Who”) as Mary Cratchit; Rutger Hauer (“True Blood”) as the Ghost of Christmas Future; Kayvan Novak (“What We Do In The Shadows”) as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush (“Old Boys”) as Tim Cratchit.

This new version of “A Christmas Carol” is produced by FX Productions, Scott Free, and Hardy Son & Baker for BBC One and FX.