Spirited Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A comedy-musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present (Will Ferrell) selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs (Ryan Reynolds) turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future. For the first time, A Christmas Carol is told from the perspective of the ghosts in this hilarious musical twist on the classic Dickens tale.

Cited as official plot version

Adventure Musical Holiday

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Spirited.

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  Ryan Reynolds

  Deadpool & Wolverine, Animal Friends

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  Will Ferrell

  Daddy's Home, Despicable Me 4

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  Octavia Spencer

  Hidden Figures, The Smurfs Musical

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  Sunita Mani

  A Nice Indian Boy, Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

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  Loren Woods

• J
  Joe Tippett

  American Primeval (Limited Series), Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (series)

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  Marlow Barkley

  Slumberland

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  Jen Tullock

  Cora Bora, Before You Know It

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  Patrick Page

  The Sixth Reel

Crew Behind the Film

The Spirited behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Sean Anders last directed Instant Family and Daddy's Home 2. The film's writer Sean Anders last wrote Instant Family and Daddy's Home 2.

Director

Sean Anders

Screenwriters

Sean Anders
John Morris

Producers

George Dewey
John Morris

Production Details

What we know about the Spirited movie production.

Key Facts

• The latest film from the Director of Daddy’s Home (1 and 2) and Horrible Bosses 2 (12/11/2021).
• The film was feature new holiday songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (11/21/2021).
• Based on the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.

Production Updates for Spirited

Aug 2022

Completed

Changed Spirited movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Nov 2021

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Nov 2021

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

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