Yellow Submarine (live-action film)

Yellow Submarine is an upcoming 2024 American adventure musical comedy fantasy film inspired by the music of the Beatles, directed by Rob Letterman and based on a screenplay by Justin Marks and Stephen Chbosky. Based on the 1968 animated movie, the film stars Miles Teller, Oscar Isaac, Jared Leto, John Krasinski, Dennis Quaid, Benedict Wong, Rami Malek, Kevin Hart and David Spade.

Yellow Submarine will be theatrically released on July 12, 2024 in the United States and July 13 in other territories by Paramount Pictures in 2D, 3D, RealD 3D, IMAX 3D and Dolby Cinema formats.

Cast

 * Miles Teller as John Lennon
 * Oscar Isaac as Paul McCartney
 * Jared Leto as George Harrison
 * John Krasinski as Ringo Starr
 * Dennis Quaid as Fred
 * Benedict Wong as Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D.
 * Rami Malek as Chief Blue Meanie
 * Kevin Hart as Max
 * David Spade as Lord Mayor

Production
In August 2009, Variety reported that Walt Disney Pictures and filmmaker Robert Zemeckis were negotiating to produce a 3D computer-animated remake of the film. Motion capture was to be used, as with Zemeckis' previous animated films The Polar Express (2004), Monster House (2006), Beowulf (2007) and A Christmas Carol (2009). Variety also indicated that Disney hoped to release the film in time for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Disney and Apple Corps officially announced the remake at the inaugural D23 Expo on 11 September 2009.

Comedian Peter Serafinowicz was cast to voice Paul, Dean Lennox Kelly as John, Cary Elwes as George, Adam Campbell as Ringo and David Tennant was in talks to voice the Chief Blue Meanie. California-based Beatles tribute band The Fab Four was cast to perform the performance capture animation for the animated Beatles.

In May 2010, Disney closed Zemeckis' digital film studio ImageMovers Digital after unsatisfactory box-office performance of A Christmas Carol. On 14 March 2011, Disney abandoned the project, citing the disastrous opening weekend results of Simon Wells' Mars Needs Moms. Criticism toward motion-capture technology was also a factor.

After its cancellation at Disney, Zemeckis tried to pitch the remake to other studios. By December 2012, Zemeckis expressed that he had lost interest in the project, stating: "That would have been great to bring the Beatles back to life. But it's probably better not to be remade – you're always behind the 8-ball when do you [sic] a remake."

In 2021, footage of the remake surfaced online, revealing that the film would have potentially utilized soundbites from the original and even recreate certain scenes. One of the more notable differences was a sequence during Ringo's introduction where he was going to be tempted by a siren presumably created by the Blue Meanies.

In November 12, 2022, Paramount Pictures acquired rights to create a Live-Action Yellow Submarine film, Rob Letterman hired Peter Jackson to producer the film, David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman hired as producer, Justin Marks and Stephen Chbosky to do screenwriters, On January 5, 2023, Starring the Beatles Miles Teller as John Lennon, Oscar Isaac as Paul McCartney, Jared Leto as George Harrison and John Krasinski as Ringo Starr, On January 23, 2023, the cast member Dennis Quaid as Fred, Benedict Wong as Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D., Rami Malek as Chief Blue Meanie, Kevin Hart as Max and David Spade as Lord Mayor, Principal photography on the film began in March 12, 2023, with shooting occurring at Stone Street Studios in Wellington, New Zealand, and is completed in June 5, 2023.

Release
Yellow Submarine is scheduled for release on July 12, 2024 in the United States and Canada, and on July 13 in other territories by Paramount Pictures.

Footage of the film is shown at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 20, 2023.

Trivia

 * This is the fourth live-action film to be directed by Rob Letterman.
 * This is the second film to be R. L. Stine, after Goosebumps.