Apple Picks Up Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds' 'A Christmas Carol' Musical | THR News - video Dailymotion

Apple is in final negotiations to pick up Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds’ musical reimagining of Charles Dickens classic, 'A Christmas Carol.'

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00:00Christmas just came early.

00:01Two of the funniest guys around,

00:02Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds,

00:04are teaming up for a musical reimagining

00:06of A Christmas Carol.

00:07Talk about the best present ever.

00:08And The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal

00:10that coming out on top of a bidding war,

00:12Apple is in final negotiations to pick up the project.

00:15The two A-listers will be starring in the piece

00:17that is set to be directed by Sean Anders and John Morris.

00:20The writing-directing team previously worked with Ferrell

00:23on the two daddy's home comedies.

00:25Oh my god, what are you doing?

00:26Is this even ethical?

00:28James and the giant peach.

00:32Did you just gulp?

00:32Terms of the deal weren't disclosed,

00:34but sources say that Apple moved aggressively

00:36as it seeks to make an impact in the original feature space.

00:39Of course, A Christmas Carol is the famous tale

00:42of Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by ghosts

00:44of Christmas past, present, and future.

00:46Ferrell is next to star in the comedy Eurovision

00:48and the drama Downhill,

00:50while Reynolds next stars in action comedy Free Guy

00:52and Michael Bay's action flick Six Underground.

00:55Of course, Reynolds most recently starred

00:57in Detective Pikachu and Deadpool 2.

00:59It works best when you pull the trigger.

01:06That gun is amazing.

01:07All right, for more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:09Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:11I'm Tiffany Taylor.