After spending quality time with Scorpion and Sub-Zero, filmmaker Kevin Tancharoen is moving on to Scrooge.

The man behind the Mortal Kombat: Legacy web series has been hired to direct The Guns of Christmas Past, a hitman drama that's inspired by A Christmas Carol.

According to Deadline, Guns of Christmas Past focuses on "a retired hitman who returns to Chicago on Christmas Eve to avenge the death of his friend. During his mission, he must fight his way past three unlikely adversaries from his past, present and future. In the process, he finds out who he really is."

The movie comes from a script written by Andrew Hilton. It'll be produced and financed by Voltage Pictures, with no word on a release date.