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Jim Carrey to play Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol"
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-07-07 16:46
LOS ANGELES - Jim Carrey, who brought Dr. Seuss' Grinch to life on the
big screen, will soon play another holiday curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge,
and three ghosts who haunt him, in a computerized remake of "A Christmas
Carol," the Walt Disney Co. said on Friday.
Actor Jim Carrey and girlfriend Jenny McCarthy pose for photographers
during the premiere of ''The Number 23'' in Los Angeles, in this file
photo from February 13, 2007. [Reuters]
Oscar winner Robert Zemeckis will direct the movie from his own script,
based on the Charles Dickens classic novel, a Disney spokeswoman said.
The movie will blend live action with 3-D digital animation and a
computer-graphics style called "performance capture," which Zemeckis used
in his 2004 holiday adventure "The Polar Express" and his upcoming film
"Beowulf," the spokeswoman said.
Zemeckis, the Academy Award-winning director of Tom Hanks' 1994 hit drama
"Forrest Gump," wrote his "Christmas Carol" screenplay specifically for
Carrey, who will portray the miserly Scrooge through various periods of
his life. Carrey also will play the ghosts of Christmases past, present
and future who visit Scrooge.
The movie will be produced through Zemeckis' production company,
ImageMovers Digital, and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. No release
date has been set.
Several Internet sites have reported that Bob Hoskins, who starred in
Zemeckis' 1988 live-action/animated comedy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit,"
also has been cast in "A Christmas Carol" but Disney said no such deal is
in place.
Carrey, 45, is no stranger to playing holiday-season heavies, having
starred seven years ago as the title character in the Ron Howard-directed
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas," based on the popular Dr. Seuss story.
"Grinch" was a huge box-office hit, but in recent years Carrey has
suffered through a string of flops such as "Fun with Dick and Jane" and
"The Number 23."
Dickens' classic tale of a bitter, old merchant given a Christmas Eve
chance at redemption has been adapted many times for TV and the movies,
including two Hollywood versions -- 1938's "A Christmas Carol" starring
Reginald Owen as Scrooge and 1951's "Scrooge," with Alastair Sim in the
title role.
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