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HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Zemeckis wants Starr and McCartney for Yellow Submarine remake SHOWBIZ Saturday November 7,2009 Moviemaker ROBERT ZEMECKIS wants surviving BEATLES PAUL MCCARTNEY and RINGO STARR to play themselves in his planned remake of the Fab Four's animated classic YELLOW SUBMARINE.

U.S. entertainment giant Walt Disney Co. is adapting its iconic character Mickey Mouse to keep him relevant for modern audiences, a project developer said.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And judging by what's in theaters this holiday movie season, his name is George Clooney.

Robert Zemeckis may just be the father of the performance-capture, 3-D mania sweeping through Hollywood.

Bubbly "pic-a-nic" basket thief Yogi Bear is set to have his own live action/CG animated film in the near future, and casting is already underway.

Jim Carrey says his latest film, 'A Christmas Carol', mirrors his own journey out of depression.

THE festive spirit takes over cinemas this week with the release of a Christmas Carol, an animated retelling of the classic Charles Dickens novel.

It has been staged, animated, turned into a musical, incorporated in "Sesame Street" and made with Muppets.

Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate moviegoers from their cash? The latest version of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' features Jim Carrey as Scrooge.

CLOSE AVERAGE USER RATING Technology Shackles the Heart of "Disney's A Christmas Carol" Christa Banister Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer Release Date: November 6, 2009 Rating: PG Genre: Drama/Fantasy/Christmas Run Time: 96 min.

Entertainment Weekly has learned that Anna Faris,A Dan Aykroyd , andA Justin Timberlake are in talks toA star in the hybrid live-action/computer animated feature based on theA Hanna-Barbera cartoonA Yogi Bear .

Know what goes well with candy corn? Apparently, chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

It's a megadose of Jim Carrey in Disney's version of "A Christmas Carol". He plays not only Ebenezer Scrooge, but also the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future.

Every tourist has some war stories. The thriller remake "The Tourist" has run into another set of hiccoughs, with major players shifting around like luggage on a conveyor.

Because the world can never get enough Shrek , we've known for some time that an upcoming spinoff film, Puss in Boots , has been in the works.

I'm always disappointed in myself when I learn a movie that captures my interest was a book first.

Halloween is already a distant memory, but not enough to scare away the upcoming romantic vampire thriller "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," one of the most anticipated movies to hit the big screen this holiday movie-going season.

Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens' imagination. Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis' new take on "A Christmas Carol" brings to life the fantasy about miser Ebenezer Scrooge's holiday redemption in a way old Hollywood never could have dreamed.

Jim Carrey helped turn on London's Christmas lights as his new Scrooge film premiered in the capital.

For local show times, tickets, trailers and more, visit our expanded movie listings at thestate.com/movies . OPENING WEDNESDAY Seraphine: This biopic chronicles the life of Seraphine Louis, aka Seraphine de Senlis, a painter whose uncommon work was discovered while she was a housekeeper in the early 20th century.