Can Johnny Depp turn the page of his derailed career with upcoming comeback?

It is being said that Johnny Depp's next chapter is a do-or-die move for his career.

According to Radar Online, Depp's on-set reputation has already been falling apart before his split and legal fight with ex-wife Amber Heard.

Now, the 62-year-old actor is set to star in a dark new adaptation of Charles Dickens' story titled Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol.

An industry figures noted that his latest movie represents a final roll of the dice for a star once synonymous with box-office certainty.

So, can the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald actor turn the page of his derailed career?

Even though Depp won a US defamation case against his 39-year-old ex-wife in 2022, he admitted that his heavy drinking, drug use, and destructive behaviours became a central concern about his reliability for filmmakers.

The insider, in this regard, stated, "The role plays to his gift for transformation – voices, physicality, and vanishing into layers of makeup in a way audiences have always responded to."

Another tipster tattled that studios now see his upcoming movie, set to be released in November 2026, as a controlled experiment as it dished out, "If he proves he can be reliable, focused, and controlled, there is a route back for him to blockbusters and big money projects."

So, whether Johnny Depp does not put his thoughts together this time, it will only reinforce the long-standing questions about whether he can be trusted on a major production.