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More on the filming of 'A Christmas Carol'

As filming of the new miniseries moved to Hampstead, new pictures and reports have been coming out. The Daily Mail has photos of Guy Pearce as Scrooge and Joe Alwyn and Vinette Robinson as the Cratchits, along with a few other cast members. And the Camden New Journal has photos of Scrooge's and Marley's gravestones, freshly installed in the churchyard (to the confusion of the tourists!).

FX partners with BBC on 'A Christmas Carol'

We Americans will get to see the three-part drama on the FX channel in December! In addition to this news, Deadline also has a cast list:

"The remake stars Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge, Andy Serkis as Ghost of Christmas Past, Stephen Graham as Jacob Marley, Charlotte Riley as Lottie, Joe Alwyn as Bob Cratchit, Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratchit, Rutger Hauer as the Ghost of Christmas Future, Kayvan Novak as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush as Tim Cratchit."

(If Ali Baba made it in -- you'll recall that he appears in the book as a vision of young Scrooge's in the past -- it sounds like they studied the original story very carefully! Although I'm not sure who Lottie might be.)

And speaking of A Christmas Carol, it turns out that rumors of its filming at Rainham Hall were correct. The Romford Recorder has details, photos, and video.

R.I.P. John McEnery

The British actor played John Harmon in the 1976 TV adaptation of Our Mutual Friend (click here to read a short reminiscence by co-star Jane Seymour); Mr. Mantalini, William the Waiter, and Mr. Snevellicci in the celebrated stage and television versions of Nicholas Nickleby in the early 1980s; and Captain Hopkins in the 1987 feature film of Little Dorrit. McEnery passed away April 12 at the age of 75.