Disney has put together a fairly interesting little promotional venture which will involve a train making its rounds on a United States tour for the upcoming motion-capture rendition of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, which stars Jim Carrey in many of the roles.
The tour will span 40 cities with a four-car museum-like exhibit along with mood-setting additions to surround it. To find out when it will be in a city near you, check out the schedule at USA Today.
When you arrive, there will be a portable theater where you’ll be able to see early footage of the movie. You’ll then walk into a Christmas world with carolers, decorations, and even artificial snow. When you get inside the actual exhibit, you’ll find all sorts of cool things, including: digital portraits of the characters that begin from the concept and morph along to the finished character; a display that teaches people about how motion-capture technology works; interactive games with a photo booth that allows people to become Scrooge; and even some artifacts from the Charles Dickens Museum, including a copy of one of the first editions ever printed of A Christmas Carol. [...]
Big Boondock Saints fan? Live within grasp of Toronto? Wanna be in a movie?
Our favorite production diary videos now include a new one that has all the juicy details for how you can go and be a part of Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day in Canada.
No real complications or catches, just show up at the time and place, ask for the dude, and have at it! Just remember all paperwork and don’t try and stock your trunk full of Canadian goodies. Now they just need to move filming to Boston and do this. Check out the video below for all the information.
Oh, and one more little added bonus for fans of Boondock Saints, here’s a short, silly video of the brothers, Connor and Murphy, testing out some martial arts tricks that they’ve learned on their adventures. God bless the unfortunate film crew they tried them out on [...]
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