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'Spirited' release date and posters

The new A Christmas Carol adaptation, starring Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell, will have a theatrical release on November 11 and come to Apple TV+ one week later. MovieWeb has more details, including a new set of posters for the movie!

Jefferson Mays's 'Christmas Carol' comes to Broadway

Got another teaser trailer for you today! This one is for Jefferson Mays's one-man version of A Christmas Carol, which opens at Broadway's Nederlander Theater on November 8. Go here for tickets! 

New 'Chimes' audio drama

The Chimes -- Dickens's "lost" Christmas story, according to the publicity -- is getting a full-cast audio adaptation, starring Toby Jones. It can be pre-ordered here; there's no word yet on whether it will be available at Audible or other outlets. Here's the teaser trailer:

 

Dickens the diva?

Eleven unpublished Dickens letters are on display at the Dickens Museum, and also available to view online (go here and type "archives and manuscripts" into the search engine). Among them is one in which he complains about Sunday postal service being discontinued in his village of Higham -- described by two different commentators, Pete Orford and Adela Suliman, as "diva" behavior. Was Dickens being a diva or justifiably frustrated? Read the letter and judge for yourself!