Exclusive Clip: DJ Suss One Transforms Into Ebenezer Scrooge For Paramount Pictures’ Ebenezer

There’s nothing like the holidays, the fun, the family, and the excitement of togetherness. But if you’re Ebenzer Scrooge, the holidays are far from the best time. Who needs celebration and cheer when there’s money to be made. When Charles Dickens published his classic novella A Christmas Carol, he introduced the world to one of literature’s most notorious antiheroes: Ebenezer Scrooge, a man whose name has become a synonym for greed and selfishness. But after a series of events, Ebenezer is faced with changing his ways or succumbing to an afterlife of nightmares.

To celebrate the iconic character and Paramount Pictures’ adaptation, DJ Suss One transformed into a Black version of Ebenezer Scrooge with help from Dead, the special effects makeup artist of Dead World Effects. As seen in the video above, a prosthetic face is attached, age spots are added, along with a grey shaggy beard and hair, wired glasses and classic pajamas.

In Paramount Pictures’ Ebenezer, starring Johnny Depp, Ti West brings the miserly misanthrope back to the big screen in his most ambitious venture to date. Set in a gritty 19th-century London gorgeously rendered by West’s world-class team of designers and craftspeople, Ebenezer is by turns frightening, poignant, funny, and hopeful as it showcases the filmmaker’s unique perspective without losing sight of the enduring appeal of the original. This moody supernatural tale sees a hair-raising version of Victorian England’s favorite haunting that honors the slim volume’s original title: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. In a world full of brutal economic contrasts, a hard-hearted skinflint has his life turned inside-out by a trio of specters who force him to confront his misdeeds — past, present and yet to come—and offer him one last chance at redemption.

To learn more about Ebeenzer and Johnny Depp’s transformation into the role, check out the video below. Ebenezer will be released in theaters on November 13, 2026.