TOTAL LICENSING
film is currently in post-production. ing friendship, love and the Christmas Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench and So-
The cast includes Catherine Keener, season. phia Loren. Other actors cast in the
Max Records, James Gandolfini, Angus movie include Kate Hudson, Penélope
Sampson, Forest Whitaker, Catherine Sherlock Holmes Cruz, and hip-hop/R&B singer Fergie.
O’Hara, Rachel Rivera, Melissa Davis Warner Bros
and Paul Dano. Sherlock Holmes, based on Arthur The Princess and the Frog
Conan Doyle’s detective Sherlock Walt Disney Pictures
Fantastic Mr Fox Holmes, stars Robert Downey, Jr. and The Princess and the Frog is an ani-
20th Century Fox Jude Law. The film began shooting in mated feature film produced by Walt
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a stop motion October 2008 with Guy Ritchie as di- Disney Animation Studios and based
animated film based on Roald Dahl’s rector. The film revolves around Hol- upon the classic fairy tale The Frog
book Fantastic Mr Fox. mes and Watson stopping a conspiracy Prince.
The film stars the voices of George to destroy Britain. Robert Downey, Jr. It will be Disney’s first traditionally
Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Hus- stars as Sherlock Holmes. Ritchie ini- animated feature since 2004. It is being
ton, Jason Schwartzman, with Bill tially felt Downey was too old for the directed by John Musker and Ron Cle-
Murray and Meryl Streep, and it is role, but since stated that he enjoyed ments, directors of The Little Mermaid
the first animated film directed working with Downey, Jr. However, and Aladdin, with songs and score com-
by Wes Anderson. Development Jude Law is Dr. John Watson, Holmes’ posed by Randy Newman and starring
began in 2004 as collaboration ally, a surgeon and a war veteran. the voices of Anika Noni Rose, Oprah
between Anderson and Henry In March 2007, Warner Bros. an- Winfrey, Keith David, John Goodman,
Selick (who worked together nounced they would produce a film Jenifer Lewis, Bruno Campos, Michael-
on the 2004 film The Life Aquatic adaptation of Lionel Wigram’s (unpub- Leon Wooley and Peter Bartlett. The
with Steve Zissou) under Revolution lished) Sherlock Holmes comic book. film, which began production under
Studios. Revolution folded, Selick left Neil Marshall was set to direct. War- the working title The Frog Princess,
to direct Coraline, and the project ner Bros sought to reinvent Holmes in will be an American fairy tale musical
moved to Fox Animation Studios. Pro- the same way Batman Begins revived set in New Orleans during the 1920s
duction began in London in 2007. In that franchise, focusing on aspects of Jazz Age, and will feature the first Afri-
an unusual move, Anderson chose to the character generally ignored in pre- can American Disney Princess.
record voices outside of a studio. vious films. Warner Bros has also stat- .
A clever fox constantly outwits three ed an interest in beginning a series. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The
obnoxious, evil farmers who are angry Squeakuel
with him for eating their produce. The Nutcracker 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises
Target Entertainment Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeak-
NOVEMBER
The classic tale of The Nutcracker uel, which spouted from the Chip-
A Christmas Carol
is coming to the big screen for the munks’ 1983 television series Alvin
Buena Vista
Christmas period. Set in 1920s Vienna, and the Chipmunks, will follow on
The 2009 film adaptation of Charles
it is the story of a young girl who is from 2007 American live-action/CGI
Dickens’ 1843 story of the same name
having a miserable Christmas until comedy film starring Jason Lee, Da-
is written and directed by Robert
her kindly Uncle Albert (a.k.a Albert vid Cross, Cameron Richardson, Jane
Zemeckis, and stars Jim Carrey in a
Einstein) arrives at the house with a Lynch and the voices of Justin Long,
multitude of roles, including Ebenezer
magical Nutcracker doll dressed as a Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse Mc-
Scrooge as a young, middle-aged, and
toy soldier. He tells her that if children Cartney.
old man, and the three ghosts who
believe dreams can come true, then
haunt Scrooge. The 3D film will be
anything can happen on Christmas
produced through the process of per-
Eve. A magical and dramatic adventure
formance capture, a technique Zem-
ensues. The film stars Elle Fanning,
eckis has previously used in his films
John Turturro, Nathan Lane, Richard E.
The Polar Express (2004) and Beowulf
Grant, Frances de la Tour and Charlie
(2007).
Rowe.
A Christmas Carol is a Victorian mo-
rality tale of an old and bitter skinflint, DECEMBER
Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes Nine
a profound experience of redemp- The Weinstein Company
tion over the course of one night. Mr. Nine is a musical film based on the
Scrooge is a financier/money-changer 1982 Tony Award-winning musical
who has devoted his life to the accu- of the same name, to be directed by
mulation of wealth. He holds anything Rob Marshall. The cast consists so far
other than money in contempt, includ- of Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman,
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