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Exclusive Final Poster for Disney's 'A Christmas Carol'
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Disney », Fandom », Exhibition », Family Films », Posters »
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Cinematical has received this exclusive final poster for Disney's A Christmas Carol, Robert Zemeckis' newest dive into the pioneering world of motion capture animation. The Polar Express and Beowulf director's spin on Charles Dickens' timeless tale of a bitter old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taken on a midnight journey of self-redemption by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Christmas Yet to Come, stars Jim Carrey as not only the cranky Scrooge, but all three apparitions as well.
As you might have guessed from the poster, Zemeckis' take promises to be the most wondrous adaptation of Dickens' original story to date. Substituting the dour introversion found in countless other cracks at the tale with a sense of adventure is a perfect fit for the man who created Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. If there is any doubt that Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol is going to be anything less than a must see exhibition this November 6th, just take a look at the roll call at the bottom of the poster: Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D. That's every flavor the cutting edge tech has to offer.
And if the above poster doesn't sell you on the Disney sponsored trip to a magical, Victorian-era wonderland, I'm sure the below trailer will.
Gallery: 'A Christmas Carol' Final Poster
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News from Slackerwood: Charlize, Muppets, In Cold Blood
Filed under: SXSW », News From Slackerwood », Oscar Watch »
SXSW is gearing up here in Austin, and it seems like more news is released about the festival and conference every day. The latest announcement: Charlize Theron and David Cross have been added to the list of speakers during the film conference next month. Theron will speak on a panel about music documentaries, since she produced the film East of Havana, which will premiere at the festival. Cross will join an interview/book signing event for the documentary Fired!.
Meanwhile, the SXSW prep certainly isn't affecting the number of special screenings in Austin this week.
- The AFS@ Dobie series must be doing very well. Originally planned as one film a week, the Austin Film Society/Dobie Theatre collaboration currently has three films screening at the Dobie. This week's new film is Les Saignantes, a 2005 French film about prostitutes in a post-apocalyptic world. Director Jean-Pierre Bekolo will attend the 7:20 pm screening on Friday 2/24. Before the Fall and Ballets Russes are being held over.
- The Black History Month series "Marching On: Independent African American Films from 1935-1950" wraps up this weekend with the film Where's My Man To-Nite? (also known as Marching On), which plays twice at the Carver Museum theater on Saturday 2/25.
Wallace and Gromit nab Annie awards
Filed under: Animation », Awards », Oscar Watch »
Everyone's been analyzing various film awards to predict which movie will win the
Best Picture Oscar. Should we use the Annie Awards, announced Saturday, to
predict the Best Animated Feature Oscar? The International Animated Film Society feature film winner is considered a
good Oscar predictor. Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit won not only the big Annie for best animated feature (beating Chicken Little, Madagascar, and Corpse Bride), but also Annies for best director, best music, and best writing. If the Aardman Animation-produced film were up for Best Picture Oscar, Ang Lee might be sweating right now.
Wallace & Gromit faces Corpse Bride and Howl's Moving Castle for the animated feature Oscar this year. Many people have noticed that none of the animated Oscar nominee films are computer animated; they're hand-drawn or, in the case of the cheese-loving British inventors, stop-motion animated. Is this simply a fluke, or is it a backlash against the computer animation trend?
Golden Globes adds animation award
Filed under: Animation », Awards »
If you're like me, you probably feel all Golden Globe'd
out, if not award show'ed out, after the past month ... and we haven't even had the Oscars yet. But the Hollywood
Foreign Press Association, which organizes the Globes, has recuperated already and is thinking ahead. The group has
announced that it will add a Best
Animated Feature Film award starting with next year's awards. In the past, animated films like The
Incredibles and Finding Nemo have been shoved into big categories with live-action comedies and dramas
and have never won, and HFPA feels these films deserve their own, separate recognition. It will add yet more time to
the glitzy awards show, and probably won't contribute any extra celebrity glamour. But who knows, the clips from
animated films may be the funniest part of the evening. I'm glad to see animated features get another opportunity to get the same type of recognition as their live-action counterparts, so that people take them more seriously. Well, as serious as you can be about dysfunctional action-hero families and dogs who invent rabbit-catching devices and singing corpses, anyway.
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