India, Oct. 24 -- Johnny Depp is stepping back into Hollywood! After a few quiet years away from big studio sets, the 62-year-old is now leading Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol - a new spin on Charles Dickens' classic. The project is being created by Paramount Pictures, with Andrea Riseborough also set to star.

Insiders told TMZ that Depp has nearly been locked in as Ebenezer Scrooge himself. The movie is being described as "a thrilling ghost story set in Dickens' London," tracking one man's eerie run-in with the past, present, and future as he fights for redemption.

For Depp, it is more than just another role. This is the first full-blown studio movie he has taken on since the Amber Heard saga left him standing on the sidelines.

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