'Yellow Submarine' Is Sailing Back To Theaters For Its 50th Anniversary
A Yellow Submarine rerelease is coming to theaters across the U.S. in anticipation of the classic 1968 Beatles movie's 50th anniversary.
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Robert Zemeckis Gives Up On The 'Yellow Submarine' Remake
It remains to be seen whether Robert Zemeckis' next project after Flight will see him sticking with live-action or returning to animation, but one thing's for certain: It won't be Yellow Submarine. The project's suffered several setbacks over the past few years, and it sounds like Zemeckis has finally given up on it once and for all. Read…
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Final Round Of SXSW Films Includes 'Searching For Sugar Man,' 'Safety Not Guaranteed' And 'Nature Calls,' With Patton Oswalt
This year's SXSW Film Festival will open in less than a month, on Friday, March 9, 2012, and run through Saturday, March 17 in Austin, Texas. The opening night film is the world premiere of Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods, and the rest of the film schedule includes pictures such…
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'Yellow Submarine' Remake Sunk After 'Mars Needs Moms' Tanks
Talk about awkward. The last headline below this one is an endorsement of mocap filmmaking from Steven Spielberg. But the major industry talk today that wasn't centered on SXSW was all about how the mocap film Mars Needs Moms absolutely tanked in its debut weekend. There is some significant fallout from that failure: Disney has…
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Rumor Control: Robert Zemeckis Says 'Yellow Submarine' Is Still A Go
Briefly: A week ago there was a rumor that the Robert Zemeckis 3D remake of Yellow Submarine was dead. The source was actor David Tennant, who said on a UK talk show that he had been up for a part as a Blue Meanie. His comments about not getting the part led to speculation that…
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Disney To Close Robert Zemeckis' Mo-Cap Studio ImageMovers Digital In 2011
Very unexpected news from the Disney camp today: the studio has just issued a press release saying that, after production finishes on Mars Needs Moms, the Robert Zemeckis studio ImageMovers Digital will be closed in 2011. We don't have a lot of details on the closing right now, but a statement from Walt Disney Studios…
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Robert Zemeckis Finds His Yellow Submarine Voice Cast
The 3D and motion capture work in Avatar may be the biggest cinematic talking points going right now but don't forget about Robert Zemeckis. He's been in the mocap and 3D trenches, and is moving forward with a remake of the animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine. The film will use mocap and CGI to recreate…
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More Character, Design And Story Details For Robert Zemeckis' Yellow Submarine
After the initial call for actors to play The Beatles another Yellow Submarine casting notice has now been issued. This one details some of the major supporting roles that Robert Zemeckis is looking to fill, and in between the character information there's the odd bit of plot info as well as some telling details of…
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Zemeckis' Yellow Submarine Casting, Clues And Details Leaking Out, Stephen Graham As Ringo?
This weekend, the 28th and 29th of November, there's a huge Beatles convention taking place in Stamford, Connecticut. Amongst all of the merchandise sales and other such typical expo shenanigans, there's also set to be an open audition for Beatlemaniacs wanting to try out for casting in what they're calling "The Fab Four." Of course,…
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Time Out's Top 50 Animated Movies Of All Time Curated By Terry Gilliam
Time Out London has published a list of the 50 greatest animated feature films of all time curated by Terry Gilliam . I'm not sure if this means that Gilliam hand picked the titles on the list, or if the filmmaker was simply commenting on the list created by the TimeOut editors. Either way, you…
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Disney Confirms Robert Zemeckis' 3D Yellow Submarine
Walt Disney Studios has confirmed trade reports that Robert Zemeckis will be directing a performance capture 3D adaptation of the 1968 film Yellow Submarine, which will include 16 licensed Beatles songs. Full details are included in the press release below. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, THE BEATLES’ APPLE CORPS LTD. , AND OSCAR®-WINNING…
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Robert Zemeckis To Mo-Cap The Beatles Into A New Yellow Submarine
Variety is reporting some unexpected news: Robert Zemeckis is brokering a deal with Disney and Apple Corp. to remake Yellow Submarine with 3D motion capture technology. My initial reaction to the idea is knee-jerk and negative, and then I remember that Zemeckis has already made one Beatles film (I Wanna Hold Your Hand, 1978), so…
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