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Robert Zemeckis finds Beatles for ‘Yellow Submarine’ MoviePosted On: January 13, 2010 Comments Off
I’m really not sure how I feel about this, but Robert Zemeckis didn’t ask my opinion before he decided to redo this classic Beatles flick. Cary Elwes, Dean Lennox Kelly, Peter Serafinowicz and Adam Campbell are in negotiations to portray the members of the band in “Yellow Submarine,” which the director is remaking for Disney.
The original 1968 animated movie was based on the music by the Beatles and featured a storyline wherein a soldier called Old Fred meets up with the Beatles and travels in a yellow submersible to Pepperland. Among the group’s encounters are the music-hating Blue Meanies. As with his recently released “A Christmas Carol,” Zemeckis is making the movie using 3D performance-capture technology. Who are these guys picked to portray the Great Ones? Kelly, a British actor who is currently on the BBC’s “Robin Hood” series, is portraying John Lennon. Serafinowicz appeared in “Shaun of the Dead” and in “Couples Retreat.” He plays Paul McCartney. Elwes, who worked with Zemeckis on “A Christmas Carol” and is in the upcoming “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,” will play George Harrison. And of course the gorgeous, swashbuckling Wesley in The Princess Bride. Campbell will be Ringo Starr. His credits include “Epic Movie” and “Date Movie,” and he will be seen on NBC’s miniseries “Day One.” What? No one asked Johnny Depp or either one of the Gallager Brothers?
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