Now don't you go and get too excited -- it's not like the three boys are coming back together for Back to the Future 4. But, as Jim Hill reports, Zemeckis wants to reunite with good friends Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd for the first time since Back to the Future Part III in the recently-announced Christmas Carol remake thingy. Keep in mind this won't be a straight-up live action film; instead, it will be shot similarly to the way Zemeckis did The Polar Express and the upcoming Beowulf; a performance capture sort of thing, and the first project to be produced by ImageMoversDigital (the performance capture company set up by Disney with Zemeckis). Additionally, Hill also reports that Zemeckis hopes to cast Tom Hanks in the film as well.

As we previously told you, Jim Carrey has already signed on to play a number of parts in the film, which actor Bob Hoskins first broke the news on when he told Empire that Zemeckis wanted him to play Mr. Fezziwig. Apart from the ultra creepy Ebenezer Scrooge, Carrey will play the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet-to-Be. If all goes according to plan, Hanks would play Bob Cratchit, Lloyd would play Marley's Ghost and Fox would play -- get this -- Tiny Tim. Hill later goes on to discuss how some execs are already worried about both Fox (because of his illness) and Carrey (because he's a troublemaker), and so the way it is now might not stand. I mean, Fox, Lloyd and Hanks haven't even been officially announced yet as part of the cast, so don't go geek out until things are final. But it would be cool to have Doc and Marty back together again on screen, even if it is this performance capture stuff. I think it would also be remarkable if Fox can make it through the entire production without any major problems, and still deliver a fine performance. Until we hear more ...

People celebrate the holiday season in many different ways, for many different reasons. If you, like me, choose the remembrance of the birth of Christ as the primary reason to observe Dec. 25th, or if you are simply interested in hearing from that perspective, you might find this interesting. Of course, you might not. By the time you're done reading, you may want to beat me upside the head, because frankly, I'm not sure there's a lot of coherence to my thought process here. Nonetheless, let's give it a go. Today, on the day many of us choose to recall the birth of our Savior, the 12 Days of Cinematicalmas Presents: Christmas Movies To Remember Jesus By.

You know, readers, this is one bugger of an article to write, for two reasons. First, because I don't typically discuss my faith in this forum -- it just doesn't come up much when you spend most of your time writing about comic books -- and second, because upon examination I realize that most of the Christmas specials I watch when I really want to feel the "spirit of the season" are not directly about Jesus. Typically, when I want that story, I go straight to the Book. Movies aren't ever as good as the books anyway, right?

So initially, I sat in front of a blank notepad (the computer notepad, of course, not that paper stuff that I hear some people still use) and thought "I'm not going to be able to write this article, because the movies I want to write about really hold no unique appeal to Christians. They're loved by really just about everyone." I was all set to jet off an apologetic email to the editorial team here at Cine, ex planing why I couldn't write what seems like it should be a very easy article on a subject I'm intimately involved with. But before the email was composed, a weird thought hit me. I examined it, and sure enough, it was accurate. Keep in mind, I'm just your average layperson, and am in no way specially qualified to make observations about scripture or people's relationship with their God, so this is just a simple observation from a humble follower. ...