Zemeckis Lines Up “Charles Fort”

It’s been 11 years since Cast Away and What Lies Beneath, which means 11 years have passed since Robert Zemeckis (some may call him Spielberg Jr.) has directed a live-action film. In addition to ‘Flight.’ which Zemeckis is preparing to direct this fall – he’s put in motion a new project based off Dark Horse …

DVD Review: A Christmas Carol

‘A Christmas Carol’ is filmmaker Robert Zemeckis’ entry into a story that has been told countless times in a variety of different ways. Zemeckis tells his version via his favorite motion capture technique. I’m not the biggest advocate for motion-capture movies. Often times the characters look so close to the actors playing them that I …

Zemeckis Signs to ‘Dark Life’

Robert Zemeckis has signed on to direct ‘Dark Life’ for Disney and his company Image Movers. Based on a novel by Kat Falls, ‘Dark Life’ tells the story of a world where the oceans have risen and human civilization packs themselves on the few regions of dryland. As a result, the deep-sea world takes on …

Zemeckis to Remake ‘Yellow Submarine’

Robert Zemeckis is eyeing yet another 3d motion capture movie. The ‘Back to the Future’ director is in talks to direct a remake of ‘Yellow Submarine’ for Disney. The original film released in 1968 was about a soldier named Old Fred, who meets up with the Beatles. Fred travels in a yellow submarine to Pepperland. …

Zemeckis Talks “Roger Rabbit 2”

This story is brief, but interesting. In an interview with MTV News, director Robert Zemeckis said that he’s a fan of motion capture, and that he’s considering doing a second Roger Rabbit movie. And that’s it.  Zemeckis didn’t say anything else.  While I liked the original movie growing up, I don’t know if going 3D …

Christopher Lloyd Reprises Doc Brown

Despite a shaggy white beard, Christopher Lloyd threw on the ol’ radiation suit and hopped into the seat of the infamous DeLorean from Back to the Future. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how confident you’re feeling about this sequel that will never happen), it was for a cameo in a new O’neal McKnight music video. …