Earlier this year Gnomeo and Juliet showed us the softer side of those porcelain figures that some people put in their yards. But others believe that the inner lives of garden gnomes are filled with jealousy, hatred, spite, and plain meanness. Chuck Sambuchino has penned the novel “How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack,” which Sony Pictures Animation has optioned with Robert Zemeckis and his Imagemovers animation company set to produce, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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The success and/or failure of project often has a domino effect. And so when the Robert Zemeckis-produced  Mars Needs Moms opened to less than $7 Million on a $150 Million budget this weekend, Walt Disney Studios has responded by shuttering his Fab Four project Yellow Submarine, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film had already been cast with Cary Elwes as George Harrison, Dean Lennox Kelly as John Lennon, Peter Serafinowicz as Paul McCartney and Adam Campbell as Ringo Starr.

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To say that history repeats itself would be an understatement when it comes to filmmaking. Movies are remade every year, some of them classics, some of them cult favorites, and some of them that just shouldn’t be touched. The latter of that group includes Victor Fleming’s 1939 adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. According to Deadline, Warner Bros plans to remake the film and Back to the Future helmer Robert Zemeckis might direct!

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Here’s the bad news: There is absolutely no TV on DVD being released this week. None whatsoever. Well, at least none of note (something tells me Season 5 of Perry Mason doesn’t really resonate with the Internet crowd) so there will be no section on the small screen for maybe the first time in the history of this column.

The good news: There is a TON of new feature films being released this week. Everything you could want from indie critical darling of The Kids Are All Right to the disappointing “3-D” blockbuster attempt of The Last Airbender and all points in between.

So we’re blowing up the format this week with a blurb about the eight feature films being released this week. And, don’t worry, we didn’t forget about informing you of that one little nugget of DVD badness either.

Check it out below…

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Robert Zemeckis has strayed from live action films so long that we’re beginning to think he hates real people. The director of last year’s CGI animated A Christmas Carol, may be taking on his first live action project in a decade according to Deadline. Zemeckis has his eye on a sci-fi flick that will feature time travel called, you guessed it, Timeless.

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Last month it was announced that director Robert Zemeckis‘ Northern California based studio ImageMovers was closing its doors at the request of its parent company Disney. That would have been a deathblow for some but Zemeckis is still working and still collaborating with the House of Mouse to bring his next project to life.

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Director Robert Zemeckis‘ digital studio ImageMovers will be closing the doors to its Northern California facility. According to THR, The Disney-based studio run by Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey will shut down its Marin County based location causing hundred’s of employees to lose their jobs.

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For those of you who have had a chance to see Robert Zemeckis‘ latest motion-capture film A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey as Scrooge, Jim Carrey as The Ghost of Christmas Past, Jim Carrey as the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Jim Carrey as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, what did you think about the choice to use the same actor four times over? Of course there are a few moments with Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, and Robin Wright (no longer Penn) mixed in, but really the star of the show is JIM CAREY.

He’s shown us time and time again that he is one of the best and most popular physical comedians out there who has shape-shifted many times over. But did it work for you? Vote below…

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It’s that time of year again when we’re about to be inundated with the Holiday spirit. Bah-Humbug! Our first film attempting to spread the Christmas joy (all the way in early November) is Robert Zemeckis’ latest live-action-animation, IMAX 3-D film A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carey multiple times over. This isn’t the original 1908 version, the 1938 film, 1951 adaptation titled Scrooge, or the 1949, 1971, 1982 (parts 1 and 2), 1984, 1989, 1994 (Flinstones version), 1997, 1999, 2000 or 2004 TV versions, or the straight to video versions by “Sesame Street,” “The Muppets,” or “Barbie”… but it sure feels a whole like all of them. The only difference is that this one is done in Zemeckis’ favorite half animation style and is in IMAX 3-D.

Is it worth it? Let’s discuss.

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