Warner Bros. Pictures is in development with Robert Eggers for a retelling of the classic Christmas ghost story, “A Christmas Carol”

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,

After hitting a home run during the holidays with his critically-acclaimed new take on the Nosferatu story, Robert Eggers looks to be staying in the Christmas spirit for a new project he has his sights set on.

Robert Eggers is set to write and direct a movie adapting Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story set at Christmas. Eggers will produce the project alongside Chris Columbus and Elenor Columbus for Maiden Voyage. 'The Lunar Chronicles' Animated Movie Lands 2028 Release From Warner Bros.

The film and television giant will turn its cable networks, including CNN and TNT, into one company and its streaming and studios business into another.

Warner Bros. Discovery will split into two companies by next year, with much of its streaming and movie production moving under one company and its live sports and news to another, according to the Washington Post .

Confusion over how the media giant plans to restructure its debt following a spinoff of cable channels like CNN and TNT have rattled the market for its bonds.

At the end of March, Warner Bros. Discovery had gross debt of $38.0 billion, which is comprised of “total debt” ($37.4 billion) and financial leases ($535 million). The 2022 merger of WarnerMedia (owned by AT&T) and Discovery, Inc. created more than $50 billion of debt.