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Walt Disney Co.'s new version of "A Christmas Carol" got a Bah Humbug from Deutsche Bank, which predicts a disappointing $31 million in opening weekend ticket sales will lead to smaller quarterly profits.

Cusack, searching for those precious arks. Details: 2012 , starring Oliver Platt, Danny Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Cusack, and Amanda Peet.

Jim Carrey has blasted Tom Cruise, branding him ''a jerk'' in a US TV interview.

Why won't this horrid vampire trend end? According to ScreenDaily , another romantically inclined vampire flick is headed our way and its called Vamps .

In "Revolution," the Beatles declare, "We all want to change to the world." A new documentary argues that the Fab Four did so in at least one way they could never have imagined, even during their 1960s hey day.

Seems there is a post apocalyptic revival coming with Resident Evil getting another chapter, Mad Max coming along, and even films like The Road or I am Legend showing a world after it ends.

ACTION star Donnie Yen says he signed on to play an ancient Chinese secret service agent in his new film - even though it was another kung fu epic - because he wanted to tackle the role of a villain who discovers his humanity.

"A Christmas Carol," Walt Disney Studios' latest animated tribute to Christmas has beat Sony's feature-length documentary depicting the late pop icon Michael Jackson's rehearsal "This Is It," and rose atop the North America box office over the weekend, projected statistics show Sunday.

Another executive at The Walt Disney Co.'s movie studio is exiting hurriedly as the company's troubles continue at the box office with a weak opening for "A Christmas Carol." Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group and the head of worldwide marketing for all Disney, Pixar, Touchstone and Disneynature movies, said Monday ...

As a fan of Isaac Asimov, Roland Emmerich feels your pain. About I, Robot, that is.

If Chris Knight's predictions are to be believed, the year 2012 will look nothing like the film 2012, pictured If the premise of Roland Emmerich's new film is to be believed, we have 47 shopping days left until Christmas, and then another 1,084 days left - period.

Actress Hilary Swank says that her ouster from teen drama Beverly Hills 90210 boosted her career.

Theatres equipped with RealD's market-leading 3D cinema technology brought in nearly $16 million of the total box office for "Disney's A Christmas Carol" in Disney Digital 3D , which earned an estimated $31 million during its opening weekend.

An expensive, six-month marketing push helped a oeDisneya s A Christmas Carola open at No.

In this film publicity image released by Disney, Ebenezer Scrooge, voiced by Jim Carrey, is shown in a scene from "A Christmas Carol." Jim Carrey's Scrooge is collecting holiday donations from movie fans with a $31 million opening weekend to take the No.

Roland Emmerich professes to be tired of blowing up the world. It's an ironic thought here, in the shadow of the Grand Tetons, the outer reaches of the Yellowstone Park super-volcano that some day will erupt in an extinction-level event.

Roland Emmerich has an ongoing project: destroying the world. In 1996's "Independence Day," the German director sent aliens to wipe out the White House.

George Clooney is taking the UK by storm with three films showing at the London Film Festival.

Record label EMI has won a court injunction against BlueBeat.com, forcing the web site to stop selling Beatles songs for 25 cents each without permission.

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