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|title=<center>Yellow Submarine (2010, 2012)</center>
|title=<center>Yellow Submarine (2010, 2012)</center>
|image=Images_(4).jpeg
|image=Submarine and Logo (restored by naturalkatsup).png
|imagecaption=Image from Yellow Submarine.
|imagecaption=Image from Yellow Submarine.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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Maximd.jpg|Max model by Punn Wiantrakoon.
Maximd.jpg|Max model by Punn Wiantrakoon.
Bluemeanieyimd.jpg|Chief Blue Meanie model by Punn Wiantrakoon.
Bluemeanieyimd.jpg|Chief Blue Meanie model by Punn Wiantrakoon.
Snapping Turk.png|Snapping Truk Model
BM concept 07.jpg|Fish concept art by Brandon Martynowicz.
BM concept 07.jpg|Fish concept art by Brandon Martynowicz.
BM concept 06.jpg|Four-Headed Bulldog leash concept art by Brandon Martynowicz.
BM concept 06.jpg|Four-Headed Bulldog leash concept art by Brandon Martynowicz.
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yellowsubmarinewarship.jpg|Flying warship(?) concept art by Jason Merck.
yellowsubmarinewarship.jpg|Flying warship(?) concept art by Jason Merck.
beatlemansion2.jpg|Alternative Beatle Mansion concept art by Jason Merck.
beatlemansion2.jpg|Alternative Beatle Mansion concept art by Jason Merck.
Early art 1.jpg|
pepperland.jpg|Pepperland concept art by Jason Merck.
pepperland.jpg|Pepperland concept art by Jason Merck.
Pepperland 2.jpg|Pepperland concept art (2/2).
Liverpool 1.jpg|Liverpool concept art (1/4).
Liverpool 2.jpg|Liverpool concept art (2/4).
Liverpool 3.jpg|Liverpool concept art (3/4).
Liverpool 4.jpg|Liverpool concept art (4/4).
Submarine and Paul.jpg|Inside the submarine with Paul.
Submarine Control Deck.jpg|Submarine Control Deck
Submarine 2.jpg|
</gallery>
</gallery>
==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:03, 22 June 2021

Submarine and Logo (restored by naturalkatsup).png

Image from Yellow Submarine.

Status: Partially Found

In 2009, Disney, Apple Corps, and ImageMovers Digital announced a motion-captured remake of the 1968 Beatles film Yellow Submarine at the D23 Expo. The film was slated to be released in the Summer of 2012, in time for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.[1]

Crew & Casting

The film would have been written and directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film would feature the voices of Peter Serafinowicz (as Paul McCartney) Dean Lennox Kelly (as John Lennon) Cary Elwes (as George Harrison) and Adam Campbell (as Ringo Starr), and the music would be performed by Beatles tribute band The Fab Four.[2] David Tennant was in talks to play the Chief Blue Meanie.[3] If the film had been successful, it would've done a Broadway musical and a Cirque de Soleil show.

Cancellation

In May 2010, Disney shut down ImageMovers Digital after the unsatisfactory results of A Christmas Carol, and cancelled the project in 2011 after Mars Needs Moms bombed.[4] Disney let Zemeckis bring the film to other studios, which led to ImageMovers Digital final project being a look-dev test for the film, also directed by Robert Zemeckis.[5][6]

By 2012, Zemeckis had no interest in remaking the film, saying:

"That would have been a great one to bring the Beatles back to life. But it’s probably better not to be remade – you’re always behind the 8-ball when you do a remake. It gets harder and harder [to make movies]. With the current state of the industry, it’s difficult to stay passionate about it. The hardest thing for a filmmaker as he’s ageing is saying, “How much more of this crap can I take?” It’s tough, I can only do it if I have a script to believe in. Like Flight."[7]

Surfaced Content

Concept art and a few animation tests have surfaced online, but the finished look dev-test has yet to be seen by the public.

Gallery

Videos

A compilation of various test footage and storyboards for the film.

Blue Meanie Animation Test (see 1:07).

Yellow Submarine mo-cap test (Cary Elwes as George Harrison).

Images

References