圣诞发明家

英国男星丹·史蒂文斯（Dan Stevens）将在新片《发明圣诞节的人》（The Man Who Invented Christmas）中饰演英国大作家查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）。 　　该片根据Les Standiford同名图书改编，编剧是电视剧《丛林中的莫扎特》（Mozart in the Jungle）的苏珊·科因（Susan Coyne）。 　　《发明圣诞节的人》以狄更斯1843年创作小说《圣诞颂歌》（A Christmas Carol）的六周经历为主要内容，克里斯托弗·普拉默（Christopher Plummer）将饰演小说男主角“Scrooge”的原型，而乔纳森·普莱斯（Jonathan Pryce）将饰演狄更斯的父亲。In 1843, the celebrated British novelist, Charles Dickens, is at a low point in his career with three flops behind him and his family expenses piling up at home. Determined to recover, Dickens decides to write a Christmas story and self-publish it in less than two months. As Dickens labors writing on such short notice, his estranged father and mother come to bunk with him. Still haunted by painful memories of his father ruining his childhood by his financial irresponsibility, Dickens develops a writer's block which seems to have no solution. As such, Dickens must face his personal demons epitomized through his characters, especially in his imagined conversations with Ebenezer Scrooge. Now with a looming deadline, Dickens struggles for inspiration against his frustrations and his characters' opinions in a literary challenge creating a classic tale that would define the essential soul of modern Christmas.