Carrey Making Christmas Carol - Robert Zemeckis to direct

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20844

At last, slowest news day in the history of all that has ever been has picked up some space. So, thank you, Mr Bob Hoskins. During a recent chat, the world's favourite cockerney (even though he was born in Suffolk) revealed that Robert Zemeckis is working on another of his motion capture animation doodads, in the style of Polar Express and the upcoming Beowulf. And he's bringing one of the biggest stars in the world along with him.

"He's going to make A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey," Hoskins says of the director he previously worked with on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. "He wants me to play Mr Fezziwig. He's doing in that way he did Polar Express. You stand in a box with that funny suit on and it reads everything you do...Am I going to do it? Of course I am!"

There are no details on when the movie might shoot or which studio might fund it yet, though Zemeckis's previous two films using this technique have been under the Warner Bros banner.

 

[Morg]

Geez, how many times that movie been remaked?

 

[Drizzle]

Eh, the Muppets version was the best.

 

[Immortalfire]

Geez, how many times that movie been remaked?

Please tell me you did not just say, "remaked"

 

[Morg]

So I did, sue me. I'm tired, drunk, sleepy and got a very sore ankle that killing me

 

[Mr. Socko]

I like the FLINTSTONES version best!


But back to the thread. When I saw the title, one of my favorite directors(well use to be) with one of my favorite actors together for X-Mas Carol. I almost got excited until I looked inside the thread and read that it'll be more mo-cap bull. While Beowulf should be good, Polar Express was absolute GARBAGE! You can tell Zemeckis is only doing these things to test out digital technology and all of that. He use to be such a good director. He's got the George Lucas syndrome.

But I'll probably still end up seeing it.

 

[BeserkerHilf]

there's nothing wrong with doing this "mo-cap" stuff. Polar Express was crap, but like you claim, beowulf should be good. There's nothing wrong with a filmmaker experimenting, unless that man is George Lucas.

 

[scifiwolf]

I dunno... Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Death Becomes Her - they were all good movies with great use of effects. His last good movie was What Lies Beneath in 2000, then he's only made one big movie since then. I'm hoping that Polar Express got the motion capture experimenting out of the way, and that Beowulf will be a much better story. If that's the case, I'll give his Christmas Carol the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Hush]

Zemeckis and Carrery, that alone has me sold.

 

[The Shredder]

This has potential to be something memorable.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

Zemeckis and Carrery, that alone has me sold.

Agreed.

 

[The Kid]

Eh, the Muppets version was the best.

qft

 

[TheVileOne]

Man I wish Zemeckis could've made Transformers.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

Geez, how many times that movie been remaked?

Way too many.

Eh, the Muppets version was the best.

lol. Yes.

I like the FLINTSTONES version best!

I prefer the regular Christmas special over the Christmas Carol one.

 

[Timstuff]

Along with The Prince and the Pauper, "A Christmas Carol" is the most over-recycled piece of classic literature ever. In terms of holiday specials though, it just barely beats out It's a Wonderful Life.

I would die happy if I knew that none of the aforementioned stories would ever be adapted to film ever again.

 

[Catman]

Will Zemeckis ever make a normal movie again?

 

[Retroman]

^^I was just about to ask the same thing.

 

[shapeshifter]

so this makes the 123th time this movie has been made? this has to be some kind of record.
Dicken's decendents are still getting money from something written 100 years ago. My decendents are just going to get a pile of dusty comics and action figures

 

[DorkyFresh]

Carrey as Fezziwig? isn't he a small role? i'm all for cg movies, especially this one...but i'm not too excited with Carrey having a small role. it'd be cool to see him as Scrooge (he was awesome as Count Olaf) or one of the ghosts.

 

[PhotoJones]

Along with The Prince and the Pauper, "A Christmas Carol" is the most over-recycled piece of classic literature ever. In terms of holiday specials though, it just barely beats out It's a Wonderful Life.

Uh...Peter Pan, anyone? That one's been remade about 14 times too many.

 

[Hush]

Well i dont know about you guys but the Patrick Stewart version of this story is freakin awesome and rather accurate too. I love that one.

Uh...Peter Pan, anyone? That one's been remade about 14 times too many.

I would say Hook is the best variation of this story but that the Disney classic is the best telling of this story.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Carrey as Fezziwig? isn't he a small role? i'm all for cg movies, especially this one...but i'm not too excited with Carrey having a small role. it'd be cool to see him as Scrooge (he was awesome as Count Olaf) or one of the ghosts.

You've misread it. It's Bob Hoskins for Fezziwig. Carrey will inevitably play Scrooge.

And speaking of how many times A Christmas Carol has been filmed, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is more or less a version of the story - and Carrey has already starred in that.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Eh, the Muppets version was the best.

It really is.

 

[DorkyFresh]

You've misread it. It's Bob Hoskins for Fezziwig. Carrey will inevitably play Scrooge.

And speaking of how many times A Christmas Carol has been filmed, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is more or less a version of the story - and Carrey has already starred in that.

oh yeah dur...thanx for clearing that up for me. and you're right...Grinch is very similar to Christmas Carol, but i wouldn't see it's a different version of the story. either way, Carrey as Scrooge should be really interesting.

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

ERRR instead of remaking this they should make another "It's a Wonderful Life"

Yeah I know we shouldn't remake classics... blah blah
I just think another version updated to modern time would be nice in addition to it.

It has yet to have an updated version. There were rumors that Matthew Perry would take it on but that was like 4-5 years ago and nothing has happened