PREVIEW: Spirited (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Will Ferrell (Elf), Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Octavia Spencer (The Help), Sunita Mani (Don’t Think Twice), Patrick Page (In the Heights), Aimee Carrero (Holidate), Joe Tippett (Monsters and Men), Marlow Barkley (Slumberland), Jen Tullock (Disengaged), P. J. Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Sean Anders (Daddy’s Home) and John Morris (film debut), directors, writers, producers; George Dewey (Free Guy), Jessica Elbaum (Booksmart), Will Ferrell (The Other Guys), David Koplan (Thanks for Sharing) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), producers; Khiyon Hursey (film debut), Sukari Jones (film debut), Benj Pasek (Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile), Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen) and Mark Sonnenblick (film debut), composers; Kramer Morgenthau (The Many Saints of Newark), cinematographer; Brad Wilhite (The Rocker), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present (Ferrell) finds a darkened soul to be visited by three spirits, including himself, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Yet To Come. This year, he lands on a guy named Clint Briggs (Reynolds), who ends up turning the tables on his ghostly host, causing Present to re-examine his own past, present and future…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Charles Dickens’ oft-told A Christmas Carol is given a fresh new perspective in this fun and hilarious new musical featuring the physical and vocal energy of Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON APPLE TV+

 

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