Thursday, September 10, 2009

Hollywood II

Robert Zemeckis is negotiations to direct a remake of Yellow Submarine for Disney, says The Hollywood Reporter. Like all Zemeckis productions, the film would be done in performance capture and would also be a digital 3D endeavor. Disney is still negotiating for the music.

If I remember correctly, one of the definitions of decadence is useless sophistication. The Prisoner (II), Ghost in the Shell (Live action), Popeye (Robin Willams riffing on Max Fleischer): hardly anyone thinks the improvments were improvments. East European and Japanese animation houses, Bollywood, and English soundstages are currently producers of choice. When, not if, they decide to disintermediate the dreaded Hollywood Movie Executive... (some of the best westerns were Italian) Strong anti-piracy laws, heartfelt testimony before Congress, and union baiting ain't going to do Jack if the best you got is Land of the Lost (The Movie).

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