Nosferatu' director Robert Eggers is directing an adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol,' with Willem Dafoe eyed to play Scrooge.

Willem Dafoe is circling the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in Robert Eggers’ shadowy reimagining of "A Christmas Carol" at Warner Bros. Details are under wraps, but the project promises a darker twist on the holiday classic Few stories have haunted the holiday season quite like “A Christmas Carol.

Robert Eggers is set to write and direct a movie adapting author Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story set at Christmas. Eggers will produce the project alongside Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus for Maiden Voyage.