Courtesy of Facebook, via The Playlist, we have our first look at Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Savage) in the drama film, Moneyball.

Currently filming in Los Angeles, California, Moneyball is directed by Bennett Miller (Capote), from a script by Stan Chervin.

Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Art Howe, manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, and stars alongside Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds), Robin Wright Penn (State of Play), Jonah Hill (Get Him To The Greek), Kathryn Morris (Paycheck) and Chris Pratt (Wanted).

The official synopsis for Moneyball is noted below:

Moneyball is the real-life tale of Major League Baseball executive Billy Beane, who built up a winning team despite a decreased budget thanks to his sly use of statistical data to calculate the best — and cheapest — players for his roster.

Have a look at Philip Seymour Hoffman as Howe below:

Moneyball will be released sometime in 2011.

Update: Video footage from outside the event by GeekTown.co.uk below.

Tonight the lovely people at Sky Movies HD invited us along to the World Premiere of Disney’s A Christmas Carol. This was no ordinary premiere as it boasts the largest premiere for a 3D movie, EVER! Greeted by fake snow falling from the sky and a huge stage with period carol singers, and Andrea Bocelli giving a breathtaking performance, we knew we were in for a treat. Not that I’ve been to loads, but this was by far the biggest premiere I’ve ever seen in London’s Leicester Square with the premiere taking over both the Empire and the Odeon Mezzanine. That totals 3013 seats, which alone is a huge number to fill on an opening night.

Once we found our seats, I noticed that we were literally in front of Eamon Holmes and Demot Murnaghan (British news broadcasters and breakfast hosts) who I was able to have a small bit of banter with before the movie began. We also found some treats on our seats in the form of mint Humbugs, keeping in with the spirit of the film!

Having seen the trailer on Saturday in 3D before UP, we were expecting good things. Were were right to do that? Read on to find out…..

The introduction to the movie was a good one, not least because one of my all time favourite directors was in front of me, Robert Zemeckis. He did make Back to the Future after all! Jim Carrey in real life was just as his on screen parts are, eccentric and larger than life but the audience loved it and so did I. It was the perfect introduction to the movie which all present were obviously proud of. I’ve videoed the intro which you can see embedded below.

A Christmas Carol is based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name and although this story has been told more times that I’ve eaten hot dinners, anything directed by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump) grabs my attention immediately.

Ebenezer Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past, Present and Future were all played by Carrey and I have to say that his performance(s) were excellent. I think Carrey is one of those people that you can love or hate but after watching this movie, you really begin to see how diverse he really is and all credit to him for that.

The supporting cast includes Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth (both of whom were present at the premiere), Gary Oldman and Robin Wright Penn. All of these supporting actors (who usually play leads in their own right) appear for a very short time, perhaps with the exception of Oldman who is in quite a few scenes. Wright Penn only has a few lines which seemed strange but I guess the power of Disney and the legendary status of Zemeckis means he can pull in these big named actors to perform even the smallest of roles. After all, whenever I see Wright Penn on screen, I cant help but think of Forrest Gump (sorry Princess Bride fans!)

Zemeckis seems to fast be coming the king of 3d in Disney’s arsenal, (Pixar aside) he’s been responsible for The Polar Express and now A Christmas Carol breaking new boundaries all the way. As I said previously, this evening broke the record for the largest 3d premiere in history and it was also announced before the movie that the record for the largest Carol Singing event also. That’s right! You heard it here first!

A Christmas Carol was a fun, perfectly made animated movie and actually was better than I expected it to be actually. The 3D helped bring a new (and literal) dimension to a story which has been told so many times before. Watching the movie in a room with kids dotted around the place was great – they laughed at bits the adults didn’t and visa versa. One thing that could be a problem for parents is that it’s actually quite scary in places. The audio in The Empire Leicester Square is usually cranked up to 11 and this might account for some of the jumps, but even so, this didnt stop the parent in front of us constanlty leaning over to the 5 kids she had with her checking that they hadn’t dumped their load… Cos Inearly did a few times! The fact you have ghosts and ghouls jumping out the screen at you in 3D takes it’s toll on the old ticker!

Watching this movie in November may have taken the Christmas edge out of it even with fake snow falling outside, but if you want to see a Christmas film this festive season then this is definitely one for you.

A Christmas Carol struggles to shake the stigma of a story which has been told many times before but Zemeckis’ version is definitely unique and well worth a watch. I’m certain that in a couple of years and then every year after that, this version will be on our TV sets every Christmas right alongside the Muppet Christmas Carol version. Make sure you see it in 3d if you can though and you won’t be disappointed.

A Christmas Carol is released 6th November, so not long to wait to see if you agree with me.

Apparently Christmas is nearly here?! Yesterday I received my first Christmas card (it is still October isn’t it?!) and all the signs of it fast approaching are starting to show. Not least in Disney’s new movie, A Christmas Carol which is Robert Zemeckis’ latest project.

Featuring the voices of Jim Carrey, Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Michael J. Fox and Gary Oldman, here’s another attempt at a movie that’s been made more times than I’ve watched The Rock! And that’s saying something!! A Christmas Carol is based on the book by Charles Dickens and follows the life of Ebenezer Scrooge who basically hates the world and everyone in it. 3 ghosts appear to show him the error of his ways taking him to the past, looking at the present and showing him his future.

Latino Review, JoBlo and ComingSoon have new images with the latter having a new clip from the movie which is set to knock out 3d socks off. It’ll be out in a cinema near you, 6th November. Make sure you go and see it in 3d because it looks like it really might be a good watch. Check out the clip below and then click the images to enlarge.

More images on the sites mentioned above.

Yahoo have posted a new great behind the scenes featurette for Disney’s a Christmas Carol based on the book by Charles Dickens. The video shows interviews with Robert Zemeckis (Screenplay and Director) and all the main cast. The movie stars Jim Carrey playing not only the part of Ebenezer Scrooge but also that of the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. From the trailers, it looks like it’s going to be an awesome, wild ride equipped in Disney 3D.

A Christmas Carol also stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn and Michael J. Fox and is out 6th November. I’ve embedded the footage below or head over to Yahoo to view in HD.

Disney have released a new trailer for upcoming 3d movie, A Christmas Carol which is based on the Charles Dickens’ book and stars Jim Carrey as the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge. The only slight issue with the trailer is that it’s the Japanese version! Don’t let that put you off though as most of it is in English with Japanese subtitles. Check out the Japanese voice-over though – I wonder if that guy is the Japanese version of James Earl Jones!

You’ll notice that there’s a couple of new scenes which we haven’t seen in the previous trailers. The movie is directed by movie legend Robert Zemeckis and also stars Robin Wright Penn, Gary Oldman, Michael J. Fox, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes and Molly C. Quinn.

A Christmas Carol is released in UK cinemas November 6th.

The Playlist have debuted the first couple of images from James McAvoy’s new movie, The Conspirator which I’ve placed below (click to enlarge).

The Scottish actor has hit the big time at the box office bringing us some awesome films including Atonement, The Last King of Scotland and Wanted with Angelina Jolie. Wanted was so successful that he’s been signed up for the sequel which is due for release some time in 2011 with both Jolie returning (somehow!) and Timur Bekmambetov directing. It goes to show that McAvoy is currently hot property in the land of Hollywood.

The Conspirator is directed by Robert Redford and co-stars Robin Wright-Penn. It’s currently being shot in Savannah, Georgia and some of the readers of The Playlist have sent some images of the cast which they’ve found out also includes Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin Kline and Toby Kebbell.

The picture is a period drama based on true events following the assassination of President Lincoln and centers on the story of Mary Surratt, an alleged accomplice and conspirator of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth.

We can expect to see The Conspirator later on in 2010.