Disney, Zemeckis Plan to Embark on Yellow Submarine

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From Animation Magazine:
Thursday, August 20, 2009By: Ramin Zahed

After putting their spin on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, director Robert Zemeckis and Disney Studio are planning to remake the 1968 Beatles’ animated feature Yellow Submarine. According to Daily Variety, the studio has been trying to nab the rights for 16 original Beatles songs to be used in the movie to be helmed by Zemeckis. The director will use the new performance-capture 3-D digital technology that he has perfected in A Christmas Carol for this new venture.
If all goes as planned, the remake will premiere around the 2012 Summer Olympics, which begins July 27 in London. Zemeckis’ ImageMovers will produce the animated extravaganza. The original movie was directed by George Dunning and found the Beatles accompanying Captain Fred in his submarine to go to the undersea paradise Pepperland to free it from the music-hating Blue Meanies.

Yellow Submarine Art Director Passes Away

Yellow Submarine Art Director Passes Away
July 21, 2009

Graphic designer Heinz Edelmann, known best for his work art directing The Beatles' YELLOW SUBMARINE in 1968, has died at the age of 75, reports the AP.Edelmann died Tuesday afternoon in a Stuttgart, Germany hospital according to a spokesperson for the city's State Academy of Art and Design. No cause of death was announced.Edelmann also designed book covers, including the first German edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's LORD OF THE RINGS and won a competition in 1989 to design the mascot of Seville's Expo '92 world fair.