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On some pages around the web rumors are spreading that Jim Carrey will be involved in a new version of the well know Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol”. Will the first news only mentioned Robert Zemeckis doing another 3-D digital animation a la “Polar Express”, more news is being spread.

The movie will be produced via ImageMovers Digital, the company of Zemeckis. The movie will be live action pared with the 3-D animation effects and will be distributed by the Disney Company, who are no strangers to the story where even Mickey Mouse played one of the leading roles in a true Disney animation version. In this production Jim Carrey would not only play Scrooge, but would also shine as all three of the ghosts visiting the bitter man. That’s 4 Jim’s for the price of one cinema ticket. Bob Hoskins could also be attached to the project.

Jim Carey, Disney, Zemeckis in one product would guaranty success, but remember that nothing has been made official yet.

The Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End did a great job at the box office but there is a movie out there trying to do it better and is looking at breaking the record. Pirates III did about $114 million in its opening weekend, but with a count on 3 ½ days and a $100 million counts the battle is on; Transformers looks like it will get into a fight with the pirates to do better, but will they succeed?

While I did love the Pirates III movie and gave it a great review, I never thought I would be doing the same for Transformers. I thought we would get another big budget movie where the effects are everything and the story and acting will be secondary, I was well surprised when I left the cinema. Sure, both pirates and Transformers is filled with the big budget special effect used in so many movies that try to make the big bucks with the cinema goers, but while Pirates proofed character development and story can be part of such a movie, I never thought I would see this in the Transformers movie.

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