Watch the First Trailer for the Charles Dickens Biopic ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’, Starring Christopher Plummer

Sep 06, 2017 02:32 PM EDT

"The Man Who Invented Christmas", a whimsical, family-friendly film hitting theaters just in time for the holiday season, tells of the magical journey that led to the creation of Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer; The Sound of Music, A Beautiful Mind), Tiny Tim and other classic characters from the iconic Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol.

Directed by Bharat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day), the film shows how Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens; Downton Abbey, Beauty and the Beast ) mixed real life inspirations with his vivid imagination to conjure up unforgettable characters and a timeless tale, forever changing the holiday season into the celebration we know today. The movie also stars Jonathan Pryce (Pirates of the Carribean, Miss Saigon) and promises to bring Christmas cheer to audiences of all ages.

"The Man Who Invented Christmas" opens in theaters on November 22, 2017

Watch a sneak peak of this exciting new movie here.