It's All Too Much

In weird show biz news, Robert Zemeckis will be doing some sort of remake of Yellow Submarine. I like Zemeckis and love The Beatles, but it's unclear to me what this will be about. It'll be in performance capture (whose performance?--certainly not The Beatles) 3-D, but I'm not sure if the plot will be anything like the original (which had a reasonably witty script, co-written by Erich Segal). It is clear that Zemeckis will have the rights to the songs in the original movie. My suggestion--toss out those crappy George Harrison numbers.

Here's an odd line from the article: "The deal marries cutting-edge 3-D feature technology with a surging reinterest in The Beatles..."

Surging reinterest? The Beatles, it goes without saying, were the top act of the 60s. But they've continued to be top-selling artists in the almost 40 years since they broke, even though they've only offered repackaging, outtakes, and a few new numbers. In the 18 years since SoundScan started tracking sales, they've been the #2 top selling artists, only behind Garth Brooks. There's no need for a surge, they've always been big.