Orson Welles to return in 'Christmas Tails'

Rare voice recordings of Orson Welles will be used as the basis for new movie Christmas Tails, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The Citizen Kane star and filmmaker narrated Robert X. Leed's self-published book in 1985, just months before he passed away. Most of the audio has spent the last 25 years at Leed's home in Las Vegas.

Drac Studios, the effects house behind The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, has snapped up the rights to the book and recordings and will produce the movie.

Todd Tucker is directing the 3D live-action/animation hybrid from a script by Matt Thompson.

Drac president Harvey Lowry said: "It's a movie about how Santa's dog saves Christmas, but on one level, this a story about the discovery of Orson's lost tapes. This is a substantial find. It's something that a filmmaker dreams of."