A Christmas Carol – Release Christmas 2009 (US)
By wendy on Tuesday 24 July, 2007
Robert Zemeckis’ new digital 3D movie called A Christmas Carol, is an adaptation of the classic Christmas story by Charles Dickens. In cooperation with Disney, Zemeckis founded the performance capture company ImageMoversDigital. A Christmas Carol will be the first big project for the company and will use the same technique as The Polar Express.
This performance capture technique means that the actors get to wear a funny suit with sensors so every movement can be followed by computers. This way you will get a very realistic animation.
Jim Carrey has signed for the role of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas present, past and future. Bob Hoskins (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) mentioned in an interview that he will play the part of Mr. Fezziwig but this hasn’t been confirmed. Zemeckis had Carrey in mind when he started this project. The other names on his wishlist are Tom Hanks as Bob Cratchit, Christopher Lloyd as Marley’s ghost and Michael J. Fox as Tiny Tim. Whether these actors will take part in the movie depends on financial means.
A Christmas Carol will be released around Christmas 2009. The production team of that other Disney movie The Princess and the frog isn’t so happy with that date. This movie should be released around the same period of time and is expected to be the big Disney comeback with traditional animation. If Disney competes with it’s own Princess and the Frog, the team wonders if the full promotion capacity will be used or if there will be other consequences or plans. (Source Jim Hill)
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