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Johnny Depp could be set for a triumphant return to Hollywood after his turn as iconic miser Ebenezer Scrooge scored well during an early test screening, according to a new report.

Puck's Matthew Belloni made the revelation on Friday. He cited an August 11 test screening of 'Ebenezer' attended by Paramount studio heads Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg in Paramus, New Jersey.

Sources also told Belloni, widely seen as Hollywood's go-to source for insider information, that the 'A Christmas Carol' spinoff scored well overall.

But the 'real interest' revolved around Depp, 63, whose last major studio film role came as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the Harry Potter-inspired 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.'

The film was released in 2018. Legal battles with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, lost Depp the role in 2020.

Pirates of the Caribbean showrunners distanced themselves from the star, at the time. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer revealed the actor was in talks to reprise that role at an event late last month.

All eyes were thus on Depp last week. 'And much to the relief of the Paramount execs - and, to a certain extent, the rest of Hollywood - they loved him,' Belloni wrote.

Johnny Depp could be set for a triumphant return to Hollywood after his turn as iconic miser Ebenezer Scrooge scored well during an August 11 screening

Depp scored an 86 out of 100 as the Dickensian character, according to Belloni, when the accepted average for a male lead is around 67.

Depp also scored extremely well with women over 35 – a demo some suspected may have been less kind considering Heard, 40, alleged the actor physically and sexually abused her over the course of their relationship, Belloni noted.

Depp scored at least 90 percent in the demo, sources told the Puck founder, adding that he confirmed the numbers 'with three sources.'

'In fact, talking to producers and studio execs over the past few weeks, the possibility of a Depp comeback is shaping up as a major narrative for the fall,' he wrote.

A jury found that Heard defamed Depp on three counts with her claims, which were launched in a 2018 Washington Post opinion piece. The Edward Scissorhands star was subsequently awarded $10.35 million in damages.

Ebenezer – headed by relatively small-time horror director Ti West – hits theaters in November.

The movie boasts a roughly $40 million budget.

Depp, in-character and in-costume, appeared at Comic-Con in San Diego last month to plug the film.

Depp - seen in character last January - last appeared in a major studio film in 2018, as the main antagonist in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.' The film was released in 2018. Legal battles with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, lost Depp the role in the now-trilogy in 2020

Belloni noted that the strategy, to some, came off as desperate, considering Depp's situation.

'Instead, it played exactly as Paramount hoped: This guy is about the characters, not the wine glasses he may or may not have thrown at his ex.'

Belloni ended the update reiterating how 'other studios are monitoring this situation closely.'