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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Disney Dives Into "Yellow Submarine"...

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Disney and director Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers are developing a 3-D "Yellow Submarine" film for 2010, remaking The Beatles 1968 animated feature.

New spin-offs will include fresh merchandising, a Broadway musical and Cirque du Soleil stage production.

Zemeckis secured access to 16 original Beatles songs including "Baby You’re a Rich Man," "All You Need Is Love," "When I’m 64," "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" and will incorporate the 3-D performance-capture format utilized on the upcoming "A Christmas Carol", starring actor Jim Carrey as 'Scrooge'.

Premise of director George Dunning's original "Yellow Submarine," is set in 'Pepperland', an undersea paradise protected by 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band', who are captured by the 'Blue Meanies, until the 'Fab Four' Beatles are summoned to save the day.


Sneak Peek the 1968 trailer from "Yellow Submarine"...