Robert Zemeckis Won’t Try to Revive His ‘Yellow Submarine’ Remake

Here’s the latest update on a project that’s been floundering around in limbo for years. Total Film (via MovieHole) spoke with Flight director Robert Zemeckis recently, and the filmmaker revealed that he is no longer interested in remaking the animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine. The idea to remake the film using motion capture technology had been percolating since 2009, and even got as far as casting in 2010 before Disney shut down Zemeckis’ ImageMovers company (following the dismal performance of one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, Mars Needs Moms) and eventually pulled the plug on the project. There was some brief talk that Zemeckis could take the project to Universal under a new deal with that studio, but that never panned out and now, in his interview with Total Film, the director essentially says he’s done with Yellow Submarine for good. Here are his exact quotes: “That would …