Disney’s Sinking The Yellow Submarine
Mars Needs Moms was the final nail in the coffin for Disney’s Beatles inspired animation, Yellow Submarine. Producer Robert Zemeckis introduced the project to Disney, but no progress has been made after its initial proposal. Mars Needs Moms, which cost Disney $150 million to produce, ended up making a paltry $6.9 million at the box office [...]
Mars Needs Moms was the final nail in the coffin for Disney’s Beatles inspired animation, Yellow Submarine. Producer Robert Zemeckis introduced the project to Disney, but no progress has been made after its initial proposal. Mars Needs Moms, which cost Disney $150 million to produce, ended up making a paltry $6.9 million at the box office this weekend.
According to The Hollywood Reporter “(Yellow)Submarine was already facing a few rocky reefs before this weekend. There were budget issues, and a key presentation Zemeckis was to have made before the Beatles heirs kept being pushed back.”
Zemeckis’s plan was to use 16 Beatles songs in the film, while employing cutting-edge motion-capture technology to portray the members of the band.
The preferred motion capture animation style Zemeckis has used in his animated movies has been described as ‘Creepy’ or ‘Weird’ by many a movie goer. This was rumored to have raised concerns for Disney which led to the shutting down of Zemeckis’s ImageMovers Studio in May 2010.
Zemeckis has not yet announced if he is going to continue to search for a studio willing to produce the Yellow Submarine, or let the project rest at the bottom of his to-do list.
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