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How ‘Spirited’ Director Sean Anders Crafted a ‘Christmas Carol’ Riff With a Theatrical Twist
23.11.2022 - 18:37 / thewrap.com
What was the initial nugget of an idea that inspired this movie?Well, John Morris, my writing and producing partner and I, we’ve always wanted to do a musical. We were having a conversation while we were working on another script, and we were just talking story, and we ended up talking about “A Christmas Carol” and about how an argument could be made that the ghosts are the protagonists of “A Christmas Carol” because they’re the ones with a mission and a job to do.
That led to a pretty funny conversation about well, imagine the amount of prep and work that must go into structuring this haunt. Then we got excited, we thought, has anybody ever done “A Christmas Carol” from the perspective of the ghosts?We started talking about who our Scrooge be, and we were just kind of talking about the state of the world right now, and we liked the idea of what if the Ghost of Christmas Present is our protagonist? And the Scrooge that he picks is a guy who’s almost like a TV news pundit, like a guy who just has an answer for everything, and it’s always just more about winning the argument than the contents.
So when we had that idea, then we called Will Ferrell because we just had a feeling that Will would spark to that idea, and we really loved the idea of him playing the Ghost Christmas Present. He sparked to the idea right away, and then it wasn’t until later, where we had fleshed things out a bit more and we had a better sense of who we wanted Clint to be, and we knew that we didn’t want Clint to be a jerk.
We didn’t want him to be a guy who’s just mean to people and crass and difficult. We wanted him to be kind of slick and cool and charismatic.
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perezhilton.com
11.12.2022 / 19:45
Steve Martin & Martin Short Brutally Roast Each Other In Eulogies On Saturday Night Live -- Plus More Highlights HERE!
Steve Martin and Martin Short have returned to Saturday Night Live!
deadline.com
11.12.2022 / 09:03
‘SNL’: ‘A Christmas Carol’ Gets Bloody With Martin Short As Ebenezer Scrooge
Charles Dickens might be rolling in his grave tonight as Saturday Night Live reimagines his A Christmas Carol as a bloody R-rated sketch starring Steve Martin and Martin Short.
deadline.com
08.12.2022 / 00:39
Vince Vaughn’s Audiorama Sets ‘A Cinematic Christmas Journey’ Podcast With Peter Billingsley & Nick Schenk
EXCLUSIVE: It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas.
deadline.com
07.12.2022 / 18:15
Coca-Cola Uncaps ‘Christmas Always Finds Its Way,’ Branded Storytelling Initiative With Imagine & Amazon
Coca-Cola, Imagine Entertainment and Amazon have partnered in Christmas Always Finds Its Way, a trilogy of short films that will launch today on Amazon Prime and promoted heavily through the holiday season.
usmagazine.com
03.12.2022 / 23:01
Prince William and Prince Harry Unite to Honor Their Late Friend With Joint Letter
Joining forces. Prince William and Prince Harry sent a joint letter to the annual Henry Van Straubenzee Christmas Carol Concert.
dailyrecord.co.uk
02.12.2022 / 18:59
Christmas dinner pizza with gravy base launched at Scots restaurant
A Christmas dinner - for many - cannot be beaten when it comes to ultimate meals.
deadline.com
30.11.2022 / 21:15
Mickey Sumner To Star Opposite Elizabeth Banks In Medical Drama ‘A Mistake’ From ‘Sunshine Cleaning’ Director Christine Jeffs
EXCLUSIVE: Mickey Sumner will star opposite Elizabeth Banks in A Mistake — the medical drama from writer-director Christine Jeffs (Sunshine Cleaning) that was first announced during the 2022 Cannes Market.
dailyrecord.co.uk
30.11.2022 / 16:15
West Lothian Crematorium invites local community to Christmas Carol and Memorial Service
West Lothian Crematorium is inviting the local community to visit on Wednesday, December 7, to take part in its annual Christmas Carol and Memorial Service.
msn.com
29.11.2022 / 22:49
BBC's Christmas specials announced for the festive period
Specials of Call the Midwife, EastEnders, Bad Education, Ghosts, Malory Towers, Motherland, Inside No 9, Detectorists and The Cleaner will also be left under the TV tree. The TV adaption of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials novels will conclude, while another part of JK Rowling's Cormoran Strike series - called Strike: Troubled Blood - will be broadcast.
usmagazine.com
23.11.2022 / 21:35
Blake Lively Playfully Flirts With Ryan Reynolds After He Shares ‘Bad’ Dancing Video: ‘Can You Get Pregnant While Pregnant?’
Ready for round five? Pregnant Blake Lively teased husband Ryan Reynolds over his dorky dance moves in a flirty comment.
glamour.com
23.11.2022 / 02:17
Netflix Is Adding a Slew of New Movies and Shows in December 2022
White Noise and Glass Onion are 2022's contenders. But the most exciting thing about to hit ? Why, the continued adventures of , of course. Without further ado, here's what's coming to Netflix in December 2022:Dead End (Netflix Series)JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, Season 1 Episodes 25-38 (Netflix Anime)The Masked Scammer (Netflix Documentary)Qala (Netflix Film)Troll (Netflix Film)21 Jump StreetBasketball Wives, Seasons 1-2Coach CarterForged in Fire: Knife or Death, Season 1Hachi: A Dog's TaleThe Happytime MurdersLEGO Friends: Holiday SpecialLove Island USA, Season 3Meekah, Season 1My GirlPeppermintTroyBig Brother, Seasons 10 and 14Firefly Lane, Season 2, Part 1 (Netflix Series)Hot Skull (Netflix Series)Lady Chatterley's Lover (Netflix Film)My Unorthodox Life, Season 2 (Netflix Series)Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (Netflix Film)Sr.
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theplaylist.net
22.11.2022 / 21:43
‘Nanny’ Director Nikyatu Jusu On Her Ghostly Supernatural Thriller From Sundance [Interview]
Premiering in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Nikyatu Jusu’s unsettling “Nanny” is a supernatural thriller that weaves together strands of domestic drama and West African folklore.
deadline.com
22.11.2022 / 04:33
‘Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol’: Jefferson Mays Gifts Broadway A Miracle – Review
There are more than the usual number of miracles to be observed with the latest version of A Christmas Carol to hit Broadway. The usual suspects are here, all the ghosts and spirits and flights over ye olde town and all the witnessing of things past, present and future. And there’s the miracle of one man – the great Jefferson Mays – breathing life into more than 50 characters and having us believe every single shift. And there’s the perhaps more – if only slightly more – quotidian miracle of a creative team – directors of lighting and sound and costumes and projections – at the tops of their games coming together to create gobsmacking theater magic, a blessing director Michael Arden’s Carol has in great bounty.