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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.
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