Variety reports today that Robert Zemeckis is in negotiations with Disney to produce and direct a remake of the psychedelic 1968 cartoon, “Yellow Submarine”. The new film would be rendered in the same MoCap (Motion Capture) CG as Zemeckis’ “The Polar Express”, “Beowulf” and this years “A Christmas Carol”.
Now before anyone starts jumping up and down about the voice acting, I know that two of the original Beatles are dead, but in reality that really shouldn’t matter considering that the Beatles did not supply the voices to the original film, they only appeared as themselves in the last few minutes. The rest of the film was voice by actors, mimicking the Beatles.
My biggest concern with this film is the time and place issue. The original 1968 film was an LCD trip that spoke to the 60’s “it” crowd. Today the film is looked back on with fond memories, but is it really relevant to today’s audience?
I would love to hear your thoughts on this remake, I speak to the people who lived that era in particular. Head over to the forum, I have created a topic for this in the film section, and tell us what you think. I will be bringing this up in this weeks show, so voice your thoughts on this and we’ll read a few of them out on air. The link is at the bottom of the post.
For those who haven’t seen the original film, this is how Variety summed it up:
“The storyline of the original took place in Pepperland, an undersea paradise protected by Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. When the band is captured by the music-hating Blue Meanies, a soldier is sent to Liverpool to fetch the Fab Four, who hop in the submarine and save the day.”
Read the original article at the link above or head over to the forum and have your say by clicking here.
