Bleecker Street has acquired U.
S. rights to The Man Who Invented Christmas,a modern movie to be directed by Bharat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) based on Les Standiford’s book that recounts how Charles Dickens created his iconic A Christmas Carol. Susan Coyne (Mozart in the Jungle) penned the adaptation. The pic is set to start production in December ahead of a planned 2017 release.
Dan Stevens is aboard play the young Dickens, Christopher Plummer is Scrooge, and…
Source: deadline.com