Remake News: Yellow Submarine, Poltergeist, Gunsmoke and More

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, MGM, Lionsgate, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Musicals, Remakes, Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy, Thrillers, Filmmaking, Scripts, Technology, Upcoming Releases,

Yellow Submarine: Robert Zemeckis’ experience using 3-D performance-capture technology (The Polar Express, Beowulf) will soon come in handy on his remake of Yellow Submarine. Disney is reportedly working to get clearance on a list of Beatles songs for the project. (The 1968 animated film followed “Old Fred” and the Beatles as they traveled in their yellow submersible to Pepperland.) The goal is to have the film produced in time for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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This Week on DVD: October 9, 2007

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, IFC Films, Sony, Universal, Action, Animation, Drama, Family, Independent, Science Fiction, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,

• 28 Weeks Later:  starring Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne
• Evan Almighty:  starring Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman
• Poltergeist (25th Anniversary Edition):  starring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams
• Reign Over Me:  starring Don Cheadle, Adam Sandler
• Rise: Blood Hunter:  starring Lucy Liu, Robert Forster
• Surf’s Up:  starring Shia LeBeouf, Jeff Bridges
• Twilight Zone: The Movie:  starring Dan Aykroyd, John Lithgow
• You Kill Me:  starring Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni

Click here to see the TV-On-DVD options for this week.
Click here to see the new titles released on HD DVD and Blu-Ray.

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