Christmas Carol premier to be held in London

The World Premier of Disney’s A Christmas Carol will be held in London on November 3, 2009. The festival will have a coordinated Christmas lights switch-on, on Regent and Oxford Streets, plus other festivities in the City of London.

“In the spirit of Charles Dickens himself, we’re bringing together three of London’s richest holiday traditions in an unprecedented city-wide—or rather a worldwide—celebration,” said Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. “We’re expecting record-breaking attendance at the festivities, which will launch the holiday season, showcase our movie and celebrate the writer who, with the publication of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in 1843, virtually reinvented Christmas.”

Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins and director Robert Zemeckis will all be taking part in the celebration. Leicester Square will have Christmas carolers in period costumes, falling snow and live entertainment. Disney will also be making a donation to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Dickens was a founding patron of the facility.

You can view the trailer for Disney’s A Christmas Carol, here.