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A Christmas Carol International Trailer is Here

19 July 2009 12:57 PM, PDT | From TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news

An international trailer (Italian, to be exact) has been released theatrically by Walt Disney Studios for Robert Zemeckis' 3D animated retelling of A Christmas Carol and someone managed to record it and slap it on YouTube. Though some parts of the trailer fall victim to poor lighting, you can still get a decent idea for the film's visual design and character movements created using the same motion capture technology Zemeckis used to bring Beowulf to life. I'm not completely sold going CGI for the latest incarnation of A Christmas Carol was the best idea as in some scenes Ebenezer looks "wooden" while in others he's brimming with life (or his decrepit version of it). The inconsistency is bugging me. I also suspect the trailer is far more impressive in 3D as several scenes are clearly designed around objects appearing closer than they may be. Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins

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Italian Trailer For Disney’s A Christmas Carol!

19 July 2009 1:12 AM, PDT | From FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news

A bootleg Italian trailer for the Rodmbert Zemeckis, mo-cap feature A Christmas Carol is online! Since the clip released earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, this is the first real look we’ve had of the picture, which stars Jim Carrey Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn and Colin Firth.

The footage itself is far from perfect, but does give you a good idea as to the overall style and tone of the film, which hits theatres on 6th November, take a look below:

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International A Christmas Carol Trailer

18 July 2009 7:00 PM, PDT | From WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news

An Italian trailer for the upcoming 3-D, motion-capture film "A Christmas Carol," directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, has appeared online. Check it out by below. Plot: Ebenezer Scrooge (Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. "A Christmas Carol" is scheduled to appear at IMAX and conventional theaters on November 6th. Trailer: If you cannot see the player, click here. Click here to read our exclusive "A Christmas Carol" preview.

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Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol International Movie Trailer

18 July 2009 3:36 PM, PDT | From /Film | See recent /Film news

Walt Disney Pictures has released an international (Italian) movie trailer for Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol. Disney had previously released some footage from the film, but this is the first trailer. I'm sure this trailer is a lot more impressive when viewed in 3D. Also, I should warn you the recording is very dark and in Italian. Watch the trailer after the jump, and leave your thoughts in the comments below. The film is being billed as "a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis," capturing "the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3D motion picture event." The official plot synopsis follows: Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him

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Weekend Rental: Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy

18 July 2009 | From ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news

- It's odd that one of the first sequences in (500) Days of Summer (just released yesterday) will haphazardly remind some of the famous When Harry Meet Sally diner sequence and it also happens to contain a Sid & Nancy reference - not the movie, but the maladjusted couple. It acts as a possible foreshadowing of things to come in this rom com and it is one among many references to film history (we find The Graduate, Bergman, French New Wave, Disney and Han Solo). Zooey and Joseph got together with helmer Marc Webb for a piece of viral of self-promotion for 500 Days, which reminds us of a film worth pointing to in our Weekend Rental suggestion. The 1986 film was directed by Alex Cox,lensed by Roger Deakins and featured Gary Oldman in the role of Sid Vicious. See NYTimes review after the jump.      Few would have suspected, when Sid Vicious died

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Disney’s A Christmas Carol Train Tour Stop in Chicago on July 24

17 July 2009 2:18 PM, PDT | From The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news

All aboard. Or at least those in Chicago that are drooling at the mouth of Disney’s A Christmas Carol. The news release is below …

Chicago’S Own Robert Zemeckis To Open

“Disney’S A Christmas Carol” Train Tour

On July 24 At Chicago’S Union Station

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What: Director Robert Zemeckis joins Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook to open “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” Train Tour at Union Station with an opening ceremony, press conference, photo opportunity and an incredible sneak peek of actual footage from the movie.  The Train Tour is travelling across the country with stops in 40 cities, offering visitors the chance to see an exclusive 3-D sneak peek of the movie as well as a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the making of the movie. It culminates in November at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal.

“Disney’s A Christmas Carol” Train Tour will be open to

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Jeff Bayer

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The Book of Eli Comic-Con 2009 Exclusive Poster

16 July 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Alcon Entertainment recently released this brand new Comic Con 2009 exclusive movie poster from the upcoming film “The Book of Eli” by directors Albert Hughes (From Hell) and Allen Hughes and starring Mila Kunis (Family Guy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Denzel Washington (Inside Man 2, The Taking of Pelham 123), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) and Jennifer Beals (The Grudge 2). Synopsis: A post-apocalyptic Western, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news, posters and more from “The Book of Eli” starring Denzel Washington.

Brian Corder

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'Harry Potter' Director, Daniel Radcliffe Reveal 'Deathly Hallows' Secrets

15 July 2009 10:21 PM, PDT | From MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news

David Yates plans to use CGI to age his young cast for final scene that picks up two decades in the future.

By Eric Ditzian

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter

Photo: Warner Bros.

The Hogwarts kids aren't getting a summer vacation. Daniel Radcliffe and his crew of young wizards and witches have been jetting across the globe to promote "Harry Potter" film #6 — "The Half-Blood Prince" — and when they return to the U.K., they'll pick up filming the two-part franchise finale, "Deathly Hallows."

Away from the film set, though, and settled into their spree of red carpets and media interviews, the cast and crew were able to reflect on how they plan to bring a rewarding end to the decade-long film series and which "Deathly Hallows" scenes have them sweating under their school uniforms (beware of spoilers below!).

"The final walk into the forest is what I'm kind of dreading,

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Harry Potter’s Michael Gambon On Machine Guns, Denzel Washington And The Book Of Eli

15 July 2009 6:54 PM, PDT | From SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news

Early next year we will be treated to Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and Dumbledore himself, Michael Gambon in the eagerly anticipated post apocalyptic tale “Book of Eli”. In the “Book of Eli”, Denzel carries with him, or knows the whereabouts of, something very valuable. Something that can either save humanity or, if it falls into the wrong hands, really mess humanity up. Someone called Michael Gambon up and asked him if he wanted to be a badass in the desert with Denzel. “I just like doing the acting,” Gambon said. “Denzel was in the scenes, in my house on the set in Albuquerque, in the desert. We were shooting machine guns—ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch—through the window. My wife gets shot through the neck, and she’s dead. Denzel is in a terrible state. The boys are coming after him to get him. What else can I say about it? We just

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From 'Deathly Hallows' To 'Sorcerer's Stone,' These Are Your 'Harry Potter' Directors

15 July 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

It’s been eight years since the first "Harry Potter" film hit the big screen, and in that time the franchise has gone through half as many directors. With Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell and now David Yates putting their skills to work on bringing J.K. Rowling's works to life, the various novels have been interpreted in a variety of ways.

“Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Chamber of Secrets” director Chris Columbus had the tough job of being the first to adapt the biggest children’s novel series of all time. He was further challenged with having to commit those books to film before Harry Potter’s story had even been finished; only the first four novels had been released when “Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Chamber of Secrets” hit theaters.

Columbus has often been criticized as creating too-literal adaptations of the novels, thus sucking all the magic out of the stories.

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Terri Schwartz

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Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’

15 July 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Back in 2001, legendary director of “family friendly” films Chris Columbus teamed up with Warner Bros. to bring the works of J.K. Rowling to the silver screen with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. They managed to do so with such amazing prestige and results that the rest of the films were sure to follow in line. This trend stayed true for a few more years with Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of Azkaban. The movies were getting better and darker as the titular character grew older. Sadly, with the latest installment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the only thing the audience gets this time is awkward emotions and a sense of loss.

With The Half-Blood Prince, which is based on the sixth book in the Harry Potter series, the viewer is treated differently. Rather than open their minds to a secret world of magic and wizardry, they are

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Matt Raub

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The Book of Eli Comic-Con Poster Surfaces

14 July 2009 11:42 PM, PDT | From TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news

Warner Bros. Pictures will be distributing a Comic-Con exclusive poster for The Book of Eli which Bleeding Cool has debuted an image of. The Book of Eli stars Denzel Washington in a Mad Max-type role as a wanderer forced to survive a desolate world. In his possession is a book that could hold the secret to saving mankind from extinction. Costarring with Denzel and also appearing on the poster are Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, and Ray Stevenson. Jump over to Bleeding Cool to check out a larger version of the poster and another cool piece of art for the film by comic artist Chris Weston. The firs The Book of Eli footage is expected to debut on Friday, July 24 in Hall H at Comic-Con.

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Very Hip 'Book of Eli' Comic Con Posters

14 July 2009 1:42 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

With Comic Con right around the corner, I thought I'd share these really cool Book of Eli promotional posters with you. The post-apocalyptic film comes courtesy of The Hughes Brothers (Dead Presidents) and stars Denzel Washington as a man on a cross-country journey to protect a book that contains the answers to saving humanity.

The artwork is by Chris Weston, who's known for a slew of comic book titles and also developed the storyboard for this film. In addition to Washington's Eli, he's fleshed out the characters played by Gary Oldman, Ray Stevenson, and Mila Kunis.

Colin Boyd

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'Bruno' Star Sacha Baron Cohen Is Just One Of Hollywood's Top Cinematic Chameleons

14 July 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

How weird is it that, out of Sacha Baron Cohen’s three trademark characters, Ali G is now the least famous of them all? With this past weekend’s strong “Brüno” opening, the UK-born and raised funnyman has once again fooled the world into believing that he is someone else. Where he goes from here is anyone’s guess, but as we play Monday-morning quarterback there is an even more pressing question: is Cohen the greatest cinematic "chameleon" of all time?

There are few things I love more in a movie than when an actor fully immerses himself in another persona. Sometimes it’s for comedy, sometimes it’s for drama... but whatever the performance is in the name of, when done right it can make that performer a legend. Below are my favorite "chameleon" actors of all time. Post your thoughts in the comments section and tell us where

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Larry Carroll

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Book of Eli Con art

13 July 2009 8:02 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

The Hughes brothers are currently busy directing Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Michael Gambon and Jennifer Beals in the sci fi thriller The Book Of Eli but in just about a week and a half, they'll be taking a little break to bring some cool stuff about the movie to geek mecca Comic Con in San Diego. In anticipation of this, Rich Johnston over at "Bleeding Cool" managed to get ahold of the film's Con poster that artist Chris Weston did. Weston has also done storyboards...

Omar Aviles

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Disney Announces Comic-Con Agenda in 3D!

9 July 2009 4:00 PM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Some exciting stuff coming from the mouse at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Among the very cool things we’re particularly excited about are the panels concerning Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and the reboot of Tron called Tron (at least for the moment). Also, Disney plans on having several guests to discuss these films, and the fact that they're all in 3D, including Robert Zemeckis, animation legends John Lasseter and Hayao Miyazaki, Tron reboot producers Sean Bailey and Steve Lisberger, veteran animation directors John Musker and Ron Clements and special guest director/auteur Tim Burton.

With all this, it looks to be a very interesting couple of days around the Disney booth and panels. Check out all the info from Disney’s official release:

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’ Comic-con Agenda Is Full Of “Firsts”

Directors Zemeckis, Burton To Take Part In First-ever 3D Panel;

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Tron, Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story to be featured at Comic-Con

9 July 2009 11:49 AM, PDT | From The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news

When you think of Comic-Con in San Diego, you don’t immediately think of Walt Disney Studios making their presence known. But that’s exactly what they are doing this year. And when you think about it, two titles in particular will fit right in to the comic crazy crowds … Tron and Alice in Wonderland. Here’s the news release from Disney.

Animation greats Hayao Miyazaki and John Lasseter and directors Robert Zemeckis and Tim Burton will take part in their first ever Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center July 23-24. The filmmakers will be on hand to help Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures showcase a wide-ranging roster of upcoming films, including 3D juggernauts Alice In Wonderland, Tron and Disney’S A Christmas Carol, and animated gems The Princess And The Frog, Beauty And The Beast, Ponyo and the Toy Story trilogy.

Zemeckis, Burton, Miyazaki and Lasseter will take part in industry panels.

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Jeff Bayer

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Daniel Radcliffe: Women Are Catching Up with Me

8 July 2009 4:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

He was one wet wizard at Tuesday's world premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in London, where the torrential downpours and thunder drenched series star Daniel Radcliffe. "I'm feeling a bit guilty, to be honest, as I've made them wait in the rain," the star, 19, said about the fans, some of whom had camped overnight for a glimpse of him and costars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who recovered from a bout of swine flu to attend. And while usually mum on his dating activities, Radcliffe did let slip, "I've been out with a couple of women who have been older than me.

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A Christmas Carol in 3-D International Movie Poster 2

8 July 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Disney just released another very cool international movie poster featuring Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge from the upcoming film “A Christmas Carol” by director Robert Zemeckis (Beowulf, The Polar Express) and starring Jim Carrey (Ripley’s Believe It or Not!), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight), Colin Firth (The Meat Trade), Robin Wright Penn (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee) and Cary Elwes (Saw). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from A Christmas Carol. Synopsis: Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of an old miser who must face Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet-to-Come, as they help to bring kindness to his otherwise cold heart. The Ghosts remind him of the man he [...]

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Poster Roundup: Phillip Morris, Christmas Carol

7 July 2009 10:18 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

New posters for two Jim Carrey films that couldn’t be more different have popped online. There’s new art for the dramedy I Love You Phillip Morris and a German poster for Robert Zemeckis’ animated performance-capture adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Check them out below. Phillip Morris, written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Bad Santa), stars Carrey and Ewan McGregor as two imprisoned lovers. McGregor’s character is released from prison, which leads Carrey to escape. It’s based on the book by Houston Chronicle crime reporter Steve McVicker and opens next February. In Carol Carrey plays Ebenezer Scrooge, who gets taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. The film opens in November and also stars Robin Wright Penn, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes and Bob Hoskins.

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