Bennett Miller
is popular for his directorial, “Fox Catcher.” Now, this versatile filmmaker is ready to direct “A Christmas Carol,” which is the written by
Charles Dickens
. For this project, the director joins with the screenwriter,
Tom Stoppard
, who had won the Oscar for his previous work. The film is set against the backdrop of the 19th century, as in the Dickens story.
Scott Rudin
, Miller, Ellison and Jennifer Fox will be the producers. Some of the novels of Charles Dickens are adapted in many of the films and the TV dramas. Annapurna Pictures of Ellison serves as the main producer of this film. Miller and Annapurna joined for their previous project, “Fox Catcher” in 2014. The movie presented him the second best director in the Academy Awards. The scriptwriter Stoppard won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for “Shakespeare in love” in 1998.