Movies that center around writers tend to vary. The process of writing is so inherently introspective that trying to make that narratively interesting can be tricky. There are exceptions, of course. There are great movies, like Spike Jonze‘s “Adaptation,” that found ingenious, heartbreaking ways to depict what it means to be a writer without overdoing the showmanship. There are films, like “Barton Fink” and “The Shining,” that use different genres and dark comedy to translate the madness that comes in trying to jot down your thoughts.

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Summer is barely over, and we’re not even at Halloween, but get ready because Christmas is going to come at you hard. There’s only four months to go until Santa Claus slides down the chimney, and naturally, Hollywood will have a least a few movies ready for the season. And one of them will the true story about how the classic “A Christmas Carol” came to be.

“The Man Who Invented Christman” sees Dan Stevens take on the role of Charles Dickens, in this movie which both serves as what looks to be a pretty loose telling of how he was inspired to write the classic story, along with actually seeing the tale unfold before his eyes.

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Dan Stevens broke out in old timey fare, playing Matthew Crawley on “Downton Abbey.” Ever since he left the hit show, he’s tried a variety of genres, finding considerable success, but now he’s back Merry Olde England, but now playing famous author Charles Dickens.

“The Man Who Invented Christmas” will detail how the author wrote the classic “A Christmas Carol,” and Stevens was charmed by the material.

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At the end of each year, audiences are introduced to films that studios believe will be their big awards season favorites. This is also the time of year when studios buy up the rights and begin producing their films for next year’s awards. And thus, Deadline reports that Bleecker Street has acquired the rights to the film “The Man Who Invented Christmas,” and the studio is hoping that this film will be awards bait in 2017.

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