Disney's 'A Christmas Carol' - Blu-ray Forum

Himmel · 10-28-2019, 09:15 PM

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Bill Condon and Disney, who previously teamed on the 2017 live-action redo of Beauty and the Beast, are reteaming for a musical take on the Charles Dickens staple A Christmas Carol, Deadline has confirmed.

Condon, who was nominated for an Oscar for adapting the 2003 Best Picture winner Chicago, will direct and has already penned the script. Stephen Schwartz, the composer-lyricist for Broadway’s Wicked who has won three Oscars for The Prince of Egypt and Pocahontas, is writing the music.

The new film takes on the iconic tale from the perspective of Jacob Marley, the ex-business partner of Ebeneezer Scrooge. Marley’s ghost sends Scrooge the famed spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future to show the miser the error in his ways.

The project joins a Christmas Carol musical adaptation is in the works at Apple, with Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds circling to star that one.

Deadline

imsounoriginal · 10-28-2019, 09:20 PM

Thread -- https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=322761

Brightstar · 10-28-2019, 09:24 PM

How many more version's of the same story are we gonna have?

Alucard64 · 10-28-2019, 10:41 PM

How about they give us this

with the missing song put back in.

Mikezilla3k · 10-28-2019, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Alucard64

How about they give us this

[Show spoiler]

with the missing song put back in.

Dragon78 · 10-29-2019, 11:07 AM

What missing song?

Martoto · 10-29-2019, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragon78

What missing song?

The racist one.

Darth Marcus · 10-29-2019, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragon78

What missing song?

Falaskan · 10-29-2019, 04:16 PM

Yeah, it’s on Vudu as an extra and restored. It can’t be that hard. I still have to put the full screen dvd in every Christmas to watch it without changing versions.

kylor · 10-29-2019, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfI_N0vyxaI

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Originally Posted by Martoto

The racist one.

How is that song even remotely racist? Did I miss something?

Gacivory · 10-29-2019, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kylor

How is that song even remotely racist? Did I miss something?

According to this Katzenberg thought kids wouldn't like it.

https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-...yed-68641.html

kylor · 10-29-2019, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Gacivory

According to this Katzenberg thought kids wouldn't like it.

https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-...yed-68641.html

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As the story goes, Jeffrey Katzenberg -- still a big wig at Walt Disney Studios at the time -- had the number cut from the film for the reason you'd expect from any typical Disney movie: the kids. Katzenberg wanted the song deleted because they felt kids would view it as a speed bump along the road of all the Muppet and Michael Caine action.

That's ridiculous. Yeah blame the kids Jeff. That'll work! Clearly wasn't because YOU didn't like it, but because kids won't!

P.S. Still, nothing racist about the song either IMO.

wallendo · 10-29-2019, 05:35 PM

This would be the third Disney version of A Christmas Carol. There's the Muppet version, the 3-D CGI Jim Carry version and now this.

I guess next we will get a hand-drawn animation so that it can be remade with a live-action cast, as long as several TV versions, at least one of them live, with increasingly diverse casts. Maybe even an all Marvel production.

Brightstar · 10-29-2019, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by wallendo

This would be the third Disney version of A Christmas Carol. There's the Muppet version, the 3-D CGI Jim Carry version and now this.

I guess next we will get a hand-drawn animation so that it can be remade with a live-action cast, as long as several TV versions, at least one of them live, with increasingly diverse casts. Maybe even an all Marvel production.

It would also be the 20th version of A Christmas Carol if you add all of them up

Talal86 · 10-29-2019, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kylor

How is that song even remotely racist? Did I miss something?

sounds like the Disney drone is glitching, maybe it needs updating

kylor · 10-29-2019, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Talal86

sounds like the Disney drone is glitching, maybe it needs updating

filmbuffTX · 10-29-2019, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by wallendo

This would be the third Disney version of A Christmas Carol. There's the Muppet version, the 3-D CGI Jim Carry version and now this.

I guess next we will get a hand-drawn animation so that it can be remade with a live-action cast, as long as several TV versions, at least one of them live, with increasingly diverse casts. Maybe even an all Marvel production.

You forgot their most famous one: Mickey’s Christmas Carol.

Falaskan · 10-29-2019, 07:42 PM

I routinely watch the George C Scott version, Muppets, and Mickey’s every year. The only other version I’ve seen is the Jim Carey one.

I love the brashness and select horror-like elements of Scott’s version. Are there any other versions that mimic that persay?

Morsoth · 10-29-2019, 09:02 PM

I watched a lot of versions... my new favorite is the CGI version with Jim Carrey. It's the only version that include pretty much all the scenes from the book, with some extra action scenes that I don't dislike. Damn... another movie adaptation would be killing it!

Falaskan · 10-29-2019, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Morsoth

I watched a lot of versions... my new favorite is the CGI version with Jim Varrey. It's the only version that include pretty much all the scenes from the book, with some extra action scenes that I don't dislike. Damn... another movie adaptation would be killing it!

True, there was a lot from the book they couldn’t/hadn’t adapted up to that point.

10-29-2019, 09:02 PM	#19
Morsoth Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	I watched a lot of versions... my new favorite is the CGI version with Jim Carrey. It's the only version that include pretty much all the scenes from the book, with some extra action scenes that I don't dislike. Damn... another movie adaptation would be killing it! Last edited by Morsoth; 11-03-2019 at 12:27 PM.

10-28-2019, 09:20 PM	#2
imsounoriginal Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:NYC 4K collection:320 Blu-ray collection:946 DVD collection:70 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:59	Thread -- https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=322761

10-28-2019, 09:24 PM	#3
Brightstar Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2011 Blu-ray collection:39 Blu-ray reviews:4	How many more version's of the same story are we gonna have?

10-28-2019, 10:41 PM	#4
Alucard64 Senior Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Miami 4K collection:179 Blu-ray collection:1235 DVD collection:10 Trading Score:3	How about they give us this with the missing song put back in.

10-29-2019, 11:07 AM	#6
Dragon78 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2019	What missing song?

10-29-2019, 04:16 PM	#9
Falaskan Banned Top contributor Member since:Mar 2011 Location:Alaska Blu-ray collection:274 DVD collection:60 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:44	Yeah, it’s on Vudu as an extra and restored. It can’t be that hard. I still have to put the full screen dvd in every Christmas to watch it without changing versions.

10-29-2019, 05:35 PM	#13
wallendo Power Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Southeastern NC 4K collection:100 Blu-ray collection:1027 DVD collection:7 MA collection:3 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:4	This would be the third Disney version of A Christmas Carol. There's the Muppet version, the 3-D CGI Jim Carry version and now this. I guess next we will get a hand-drawn animation so that it can be remade with a live-action cast, as long as several TV versions, at least one of them live, with increasingly diverse casts. Maybe even an all Marvel production.

10-29-2019, 07:42 PM	#18
Falaskan Banned Top contributor Member since:Mar 2011 Location:Alaska Blu-ray collection:274 DVD collection:60 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:44	I routinely watch the George C Scott version, Muppets, and Mickey’s every year. The only other version I’ve seen is the Jim Carey one. I love the brashness and select horror-like elements of Scott’s version. Are there any other versions that mimic that persay?

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