🎬 Scrooged 2 (2025)
👉 Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe
Christmas gets another hilariously twisted makeover as Bill Murray returns in Scrooged 2 (2025), the long-awaited follow-up to Richard Donner’s cult-classic holiday comedy. Nearly four decades after Frank Cross first survived a supernatural Christmas Eve unlike any other, the cynical TV executive turned unlikely holiday hero finds himself once again haunted by the ghosts of Christmas — and this time, they’ve brought new tricks, new lessons, and even bigger laughs.
In the original Scrooged (1988), Frank Cross was the ultimate modern-day Scrooge: a ruthless, selfish television executive who measured his life in Nielsen ratings and ad revenue. But on Christmas Eve, his world was turned upside down by three outrageous spirits who forced him to face the wreckage of his past, the emptiness of his present, and the bleakness of his future. Through bizarre hauntings, slapstick chaos, and one unforgettable live television meltdown, Frank discovered love, compassion, and the chance to reconcile with Claire (Karen Allen), the one person who saw the good in him all along.
Now, in Scrooged 2, Frank is older, wiser — and only slightly less arrogant. After years of trying to live up to his televised redemption, Frank finds himself slipping back into old habits. The pressures of the entertainment industry have changed, but greed, ego, and vanity are just as powerful as ever in the age of streaming wars, viral content, and endless competition for attention. Frank has reinvented himself as the face of a global media empire, but behind the polished image, the cracks are starting to show.
That’s when Christmas comes calling again. The ghosts are back — though not quite the same as before — and they’ve brought reinforcements. With new apparitions delivering lessons in outrageous, over-the-top fashion, Frank is once again dragged through a surreal night of reckoning. From neon-soaked visions of his past failures to futuristic nightmares of what his empire could become, Frank must face not only the mistakes he’s made but also the legacy he’s leaving behind.
Karen Allen returns as Claire, still the grounding force in Frank’s chaotic life, challenging him to remember the man he promised to become decades earlier. And in a supernatural twist, John Forsythe reprises his role as Frank’s long-dead mentor, now serving as a spectral guide with unfinished business of his own — blurring the line between tormentor and ally. Together, these returning characters add both heart and humor to Frank’s second chance at salvation.
Visually, the sequel doubles down on the eccentric energy of the original. Expect lavish holiday sets, bizarre ghostly transformations, and satirical jabs at everything from reality TV to influencer culture. Just as Scrooged skewered 80s consumerism and television excess, Scrooged 2 takes aim at the absurdities of our digital age, asking whether the holiday spirit can survive in a world ruled by algorithms and streaming numbers.
At its core, though, the message remains timeless: it’s never too late to change, never too late to love, and never too late to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas. Bill Murray’s razor-sharp wit, manic energy, and surprising vulnerability once again drive the story, ensuring that Frank Cross remains as unforgettable now as he was in 1988.
Funny, biting, and unexpectedly moving, Scrooged 2 (2025) proves that even after forty years, the coldest hearts can thaw — especially when Christmas ghosts refuse to take “no” for an answer.