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An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. Read more
| Starring | Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins |
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| Director | Robert Zemeckis |
| Genres | Animated, Children, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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A promotional train full of memorabilia from Jim Carrey's new movie version of A Christmas Carol is to chuff-chuff through 36 U.S. states as part of a 16,000-mile (25,700-kilometre) trek leading up to the film's November (09) release. Carrey plays Ebenezer Scrooge in the Disney film, opposite Gary Oldman and Colin Firth. The Christmas Carol Train will be decked out for the festive season and ferry Christmas carollers across America for stops in a string of towns and cities. Visitors will see... Read more
A Christmas Carol has soared to the top of the U.S. box office with an opening weekend haul of £19.375 million in North America. The Disney hit - starring Jim Carrey as an animated Ebenezer Scrooge - toppled Michael Jackson's This Is It from the top spot. The documentary secured second place with £8.75 million, followed by George Clooney's The Men Who Stare at Goats with £8.3 million. U.F.O. thriller Fourth Kind and horror Paranormal Activity round out the top five. Read more
Bob Hoskins has signed up to star in a sequel to his hit 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit - but he's sceptical over plans to make the follow-up film fully animated. Last year (09) the actor claimed he had "no plans" to make any more movies, but now Hoskins has confirmed reports he will be reprising his role as detective Eddie Valiant in the cartoon film. But he's concerned about the new project because bosses plan to deviate from the innovative original format which saw a live action cast... Read more
Jim Carrey has been given a glimpse into the future after movie illustrators added years to his looks for his animated character in new movie A Christmas Carol. The Mask star, 47, voices Scrooge in the animated retelling of the classic Charles Dickens tale, and producers based the features of the character on the actor himself. But the similarities between Carrey's movie Scrooge and his dad Percy's real-life looks are so uncanny, he's convinced his family will be spooked. He says, "That's the... Read more
Jim Carrey unearthed an interesting fact while researching the role of Ebenezer Scrooge for the new A Christmas Carol movie - author Charles Dickens based his miser on actor Cary Elwes' relative. The funnyman is sketchy on his facts, but he's keen to find out if the story linking The Princess Bride star Elwes' great-great-great uncle to Scrooge is really fact or just a myth. He tells WENN, "I gathered Scrooge was actually based on one of Cary Elwes' great, great, great uncles; I think it's... Read more