Robert Zemeckis

Newly Renovated Alice Tully Hall hosts star-studded Gala Tribute, April 27, 2009 Nora Ephron, Sally Field, Ron Howard, Mike Nichols, Julia Roberts, John Patrick Shanley and Robert Zemeckis to present award to Hanks Mara Manus, Executive Director of The Film Society of Lincoln Center, announced the lineup of presenters for the 36th Gala Tribute honoring two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks at the newly renovated Alice Tully Hall, Monday, April 27, 2009. The star-studded event will feature remarks by many of Hanks’s friends and collaborators, as well as film clips commemorating his lauded career. The evening will culminate in the presentation of the Gala ... Read Full Story

Are you from Liverpool? Robert Zemeckis wants to here you speak. Zemeckis received the go ahead from Disney to remake the Beatles 1968 animated fantasy adventure, Yellow Submarine in 3D. The animation will be created in the creepy animated style seen in the Polar Express, Beowulf, and this year's A Christmas Carol. He is now looking for voices that sound like the Beatles. I personally hate the animation style, and would rather this project not exist. I believe the Beatles efforts should remain pure, and recreating what the Beatles did usually ends up in disappointment. (There are a few exceptions.) Zemeckis originally wanted Paul ... Read Full Story

Christopher Lloyd has revealed that he would love to appear in Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming Roger Rabbit sequel. Lloyd, who played the bad guy Judge Doom in the original Roger Rabbit was talking to DigitalSpy about the possibilities of reprising his role… First up, Digital Spy asked him if he’d been approached for the sequel? “I haven’t. I know [...] Read Full Story

We've been hearing a lot from Robert Zemeckis in the past few months in regard to a potential sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? , his classic live-action/cartoon hybrid. We've heard some good news, like that the 2-D animated characters will remain 2-D, though some new 3-D characters could be introduced ( Read: SDCC 09: Director Robert Zemeckis Says 2D Characters Would Remain That Way In A ‘Roger Rabbit’ Sequel ). We've also heard bad news, such as Bob Hoskins saying that he wouldn't be able to come back and do a sequel if it happened ( Read: Bob Hoskins Says ‘Who Framed Roger ... Read Full Story

We've been hearing a lot from Robert Zemeckis in the past few months in regard to a potential sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? , his classic live-action/cartoon hybrid. We've heard some good news, like that the 2-D animated characters will remain 2-D, though some new 3-D characters could be introduced ( Read: SDCC 09: Director Robert Zemeckis Says 2D Characters Would Remain That Way In A ‘Roger Rabbit’ Sequel ). We've also heard bad news, such as Bob Hoskins saying that he wouldn't be able to come back and do a sequel if it happened ( Read: Bob Hoskins Says ‘Who Framed Roger ... Read Full Story