Although the original Christmas carol was a piece that triggered a mass of people to donate money and inspired hundreds to write there own takes on the classic.

If I had the chance have a version I created on the screen as scrooge I would have Liam Neeson as he is such a versatile actor and in a modern take scrooge could be a lonely ex crime boss like in run all night and his fortune is his downfall as he too could save a child with a crippled body of which he caused and soon regretted.

As the three spirit s visit him they could be notorius gangsters such as Alcapone who shows that scrooge was once a sweet young child who of which fezziwig could be the one who got scrooge into crime and marley was the best friend that he lost and who is now trying to prevent the death of scrooge by warning scrooge to fix his mistake or he too will suffer a terrible fate and this would slowly dig into scrooge but I would add a twist where in the post credits he is shot by a blacked out figure who is death himself as too many good deeds were performed in scrooges lifetime.

This to me wouldn’t be the best adaption due to the ending but would be an overall interesting and twisted adaption.

Ajay