Since the sinking [1] of the Robert Zemeckis mocap remake of Yellow Submarine, the director has been attached to quite a few projects, many of which are live-action. His likely next film [2] is Flight, starring Denzel Washington as a drug-addled pilot who safely performs a seemingly heroic emergency landing, despite being under the influence during the flight. (In other words, he contributed to the emergency.) That could shoot in the fall. He's also got possible projects The Animated American [3], Replay [4] and Major Matt Mason [5]. Now there is one more: Here There Be Monsters, a heavily fictionalized account of the career of British naval officer John Paul Jones, who runs afoul of a sea monster. Brian Helgeland (La Confidential) scripted, and we've got a few more details below. The Wrap [6] reports that Mr. Zemeckis is attached to direct, but also talks about Brian Helgeland writing as if that tidbit is new rather than several months old.
- 7/26/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
[1] Looks like Robert Zemeckis really has kicked the motion-capture habit for the time being. As previously reported [2], the director will be making his return to live-action filmmaking with the hero pilot drama Flight, starring Denzel Washington. Now, he's in talks to add another live-action film to his slate -- Major Matt Mason, based on a Mattel toy from the '60s. Frequent Zemeckis collaborator Tom Hanks is set to produce with partner Gary Goetzman through their company Playtone Productions, and will be starring as well. Read more after the jump. Though The Hollywood Reporter [3] doesn't give any specifics on when cameras might roll, it says Major Matt Mason is Playtone's next project -- so I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be Zemeckis' follow-up to Flight. Co-written by Hanks and Graham Yost (Speed, Justified) the 3D feature will be "a live-action family film about space adventure." The...
- 6/13/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
[1] A couple of months ago, we reported [2] that Robert Zemeckis might be ditching the whole motion capture thing -- at least temporarily -- to direct Flight, a drama about a hero pilot. Denzel Washington was attached to play the lead at the time. Now, a couple of sources "familiar with the project" have confirmed that Zemeckis will indeed be helming the project -- and that Washington is expected to sign a deal soon. Read more after the jump. The script, by John Gatins (Coach Carter, Hard Ball), follows a commercial airline pilot named Whip Whitaker (Washington) who's hailed as a hero when he saves his own plane from a disastrous crash. Only, it turns out the truth isn't quite so simple -- Whip Whitaker was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the incident, which means his own actions contributed to the flight's problems in the first place.
- 6/6/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Disney may have shut down Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers studio within their walls, but they are not out of the Robert Zemeckis business after all. The studio has hired The Princess and the Frog scribe Rob Edwards to write the Zemeckis-produced movie Animated American. It's about a cartoon baby who lives with a live-action family until he is 18 year old. He then goes in search of his "bio" family with the help of a friend and her jealous boyfriend.
Following the Zemeckis/ImageMovers flop Mars Needs Moms, Disney cancelled Zemeckis' remake of the Beatles Yellow Submarine. But the writer/director/producer/innovator Is the guy behind Back to the Future, Cast Away, and Polar Express, so he does seem like the kind of filmmaker any studio would want to be in business with. It's unclear if Animated American will be made with the ImageMovers technology which Disney didn't like after...
Following the Zemeckis/ImageMovers flop Mars Needs Moms, Disney cancelled Zemeckis' remake of the Beatles Yellow Submarine. But the writer/director/producer/innovator Is the guy behind Back to the Future, Cast Away, and Polar Express, so he does seem like the kind of filmmaker any studio would want to be in business with. It's unclear if Animated American will be made with the ImageMovers technology which Disney didn't like after...
- 5/19/2011
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
When you hear that Robert Zemeckis is producing a film featuring a mix of animated and live-action characters -- that is, the animated characters are explicitly animated within the world of the film -- what do you think of? If you said Cool World, you're close. Since Robert Zemeckis has steadily talked about a Roger Rabbit sequel over the years, this announcement of another film in a very similar vein seems awfully strange. More details after the break. Badass Digest [1] pointed me towards a Variety [2] article that says Rob Edwards (The Princess and the Frog screenwriter) is writing Animated American for producers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Cooper. The film is about "an animated baby raised by a live-action family until his 18th birthday, when he decides to find his real family with the help of his friend and her jealous boyfriend." As Bd notes, it seems really weird that Robert Zemeckis...
- 5/19/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
"The Princess and the Frog" scribe Rob Edwards has been brought aboard to pen two high-profile features - "Amulet" for Warner Bros. Pictures and "Animated American" for Disney Pictures reports Variety.
Based on Kazu Kibuishi's comic, "Amulet" follows a teenage brother and sister who are pulled into a mystical world of monsters where they learn they're the last in a line of gatekeepers who must control a powerful amulet to save the world.
Will Smith and his son Jaden had been loosely attached to star, but that's uncertain right now. Smith and James Lassiter are set to produce through their Overbrook Entertainment label.
Robert Zemeckis is producing "Animated American" which revolves around an animated baby raised by a live-action family until his 18th birthday. He then sets out to find his real family with the help of his friend and her jealous boyfriend.
Based on Kazu Kibuishi's comic, "Amulet" follows a teenage brother and sister who are pulled into a mystical world of monsters where they learn they're the last in a line of gatekeepers who must control a powerful amulet to save the world.
Will Smith and his son Jaden had been loosely attached to star, but that's uncertain right now. Smith and James Lassiter are set to produce through their Overbrook Entertainment label.
Robert Zemeckis is producing "Animated American" which revolves around an animated baby raised by a live-action family until his 18th birthday. He then sets out to find his real family with the help of his friend and her jealous boyfriend.
- 5/18/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Rob Edwards (Princess and the Frog) has been hired to write the script for Disney's "Animated American," a live-action/CG film to be produced by Robert Zemeckis (Who Framed Roger Rabbit). The story revolves around an animated baby raised by a live-action family until his 18th birthday, when he decides to find his real family with the help of his friend and her jealous boyfriend. Edwards is also writing "Amulet" for Warner Bros, which has Will Smith and his son Jaded attached to star. The movie follows a teenage boy and his sister, who are pulled into a mystical world of demons, monsters and talking animals and discover that they are the last in a line of gatekeepers who must quickly learn to control a powerful amulet to save the world.
- 5/18/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
The director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit might be making a second movie that blends the worlds of traditional animation and live action together. Robert Zemeckis, who's spent the majority of the last decade in the world of motion capture performance filmmaking, is now attached to a new Walt Disney project called Animated American.
Just as Roger Rabbit had a main character who was animated and interacting with the real world, so too is the hook for Animated American -- except this time, the toon isn't a rabbit. The movie is about an cartoon infant who gets raised to adulthood by live-action parents. When the kid reaches the age of 18, he sets out to learn who his real parents were and why he was left to be raised by flesh and blood folk. Joining the toon teen is a human friend and her jealous boyfriend.
Zemeckis and producing partner Bob Cooper...
Just as Roger Rabbit had a main character who was animated and interacting with the real world, so too is the hook for Animated American -- except this time, the toon isn't a rabbit. The movie is about an cartoon infant who gets raised to adulthood by live-action parents. When the kid reaches the age of 18, he sets out to learn who his real parents were and why he was left to be raised by flesh and blood folk. Joining the toon teen is a human friend and her jealous boyfriend.
Zemeckis and producing partner Bob Cooper...
- 5/18/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Walt Disney Pictures is developing a project called Animated American with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Cooper attached to produce. Variety reports that Rob Edwards, the screenwriter behind The Princess and the Frog , has been brought aboard to draft. Not unlike the world created in Zemeckis' Who Framed Roger Rabbit , Animated American will feature a reality of both cartoons and live-action people. The plot revolves around a cartoon baby raised by "humans" who, on his 18th birthday, decides to go in search of his birth family. The film joins a tremendous number of in-development Zemeckis projects, including the drama Flight , a sequel to his Who Framed Roger Rabbit and a CGI/live action hybrid How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack and two time-travel films,...
- 5/17/2011
- Comingsoon.net
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