Another significant announcement made by Disney at their D23 Expo was a confirmation to rumors that director Robert Zemeckis would be writing and directing a remake of The Beatles' 1968 animated movie, Yellow Submarine.
The 1968 cartoon followed the legendary band as they traveled via the bright-colored submarine to Pepperland, a beautiful world inhabited by friendly, music-loving people that has tragically been taken over by the music-hating Blue Meanies, who have frozen all who live there and destroyed all of the beauty and music. The Beatles are employed to help out and use their music try and take Pepperland back and bring joy to the people once again. Yellow Submarine certainly has to be in the discussion of the most trippy movies ever made.
Instead of the cartoon style they used in '68, this new version will be in true Robert Zemeckis stylem using the motion-capture technology that he's found so much success with in previous movies like The Polar Express and Beowulf, as well as the upcoming A Christmas Carol. [...]
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