Back in 2019, it was announced that Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds would be teaming up with comedy legend Will Ferrel for a new movie musical. Spirited will be “a musical project based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.” Sean Anders and John Morris, who worked with Ferrell on the Daddy’s Home movies, are writing and directing the project. Ferrell’s Gloria Sanchez, Reynolds’ Maximum Effort, and Mosaic will produce. Collider previously reported that Reynolds will take on the part of an Ebenezer Scrooge-like character, putting him in the crosshairs of the various ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Ferrell is expected to play the Ghost of Christmas Present and Octavia Spencer is signed on to play Reynolds’ “good-natured co-worker.” Today, Reyolds took to Instagram to reveal he’s wrapped production on the film, and annouced he’s going to take a sabbatical from making movies.
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