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3D Remake of Yellow Submarine to Surface

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 20, 2009 5:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – Disney is planning a 3D remake of Yellow Submarine, the 1968 psychedelic cartoon buoyed by a Beatles soundtrack, the Independent reports. Robert Zemeckis of Back to the Future fame will direct. Aside from the music, the Beatles were only tangentially related to the original film—actors provided the voices to their animated characters, and it's unclear if Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr will be involved in the new project. A summer 2012 release has been tentatively scheduled.

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John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney record voices for 'Yellow Submarine' in 1968. (Getty Images)

A Beatles exhibition. (Flickr)

Director Robert Zemeckis. (AP Photo)

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It’s very easy to have a kneejerk reaction to a re-make as some may see the film as preserved in time, but nothing is wrong with completely re-imagining it in 3D. It is a part of popular culture. - Connor McNicholas, former NME editor

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Spudsy

Aug 21, 2009 3:25 AM CDT

I personally can't wait for the Star Wars remakes. But then again, I am a sad sad man with no life other than Newser comments. And cats. I catch and eat them.

freethemall

Aug 21, 2009 2:30 AM CDT

I'm an old Beatles fan. I plan never to take a "dirt nap". I'm being cremated.

Rembrandt_Q_Einstein

Aug 21, 2009 1:04 AM CDT

Just because you can remake something doesn't necessarily mean you should; i.e. Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate factory, Last House on the Left, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Shaft, and every other shitty remake, oh excuse me re-IMAGINING, from the last 10 years.

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