After adapting Viking mythology and a classic vampire tale, Robert Eggers has set his sights on Charles Dickens. IndieWire has confirmed that the “Nosferatu” filmmaker is set to write and direct a new film based on Dickens’ holiday classic “ A Christmas Carol ” for Warner Bros., with his muse Willem Dafoe eyed to star.

There’s a ghost of Christmas future for Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe. The pair are eyeing a reunion on a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at Warner Bros. While no talent is currently attached to the project in this nascent stage,

Willem Dafoe could lead the cast of Robert Eggers’ cinematic adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Eggers is reportedly writing the script and will eventually helm the project for Warner Bros. Previously,