Variety reports that Disney and IMAX will be working together once again as they ink a five picture deal.  The deal will start a year from now when Robert Zemeckis’ 3-D “Christmas Carol” premieres for the 2009 holiday season.

Relations between Disney and Imax grew strained after the two partnered on “Fantasia 2000,” which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the acclaimed animated feature.

But the ongoing shortage of conventional 3-D screens, plus the success of other IMAX studio partnerships, provided an opening for Disney and Imax to come together once again.

Zemeckis’ “Christmas Carol” reinvents Charles Dickens’ book with Jim Carrey at the lead.  It will open November 9th.