Robert Zemeckis News

Kelly Reilly could be taking 'Flight'

Sep 13, 2011, 20:30 GMT

Kelly Reilly is in talks to star opposite Denzel Washington in the Paramount drama 'Flight' being directed by Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis. ... more

Zemeckis could take 'Flight' With Denzel Washington

Apr 22, 2011, 21:17 GMT

Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis is in talks to direct the Paramount drama 'Flight' that has Denzel Washington attached to star. ... more

Disney, Zemeckis set for 'Life'

Apr 6, 2010, 20:16 GMT

Disney and ImageMovers Digital have agreed on a deal to team up with Gotham Group to adapt screenwriter and Northwestern University professor Kat Falls' upcoming young adult novel 'Dark Life,' with Robert Zemeckis attached to direct. ... more

Disney and Zemeckis get on 'Submarine'

Aug 21, 2009, 0:08 GMT

Disney and Robert Zemeckis are looking to cash in on Beatlemania and make a new 3-D version of the 'Yellow Submarine' for the big screen, with merchandising in place and prospects for spinning off both a Broadway musical and a Cirque du Soleil stage production. ... more

Fox looking to remake ‘Romancing the Stone’

Dec 4, 2008, 12:50 GMT

Fox has hired Daniel McDermott to pen a remake of the 1984 adventure flick “Romancing the Stone” – which starred Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito, and Kathleen Turner and was directed by Robert Zemeckis. ... more

M&C Interview: Animation Supervisor Kenn McDonald talks Beowulf

Feb 28, 2008, 13:18 GMT

Director Robert Zemeckis takes the old English heroic epic poem and re-imagines it with the most advanced technology, dressing the characters through the magic of digitally enhanced live action. ... more

DVD Review: Beowulf (Unrated Director's Cut)

Feb 25, 2008, 14:03 GMT

English majors might want to beware that the epic Old English poem has been brought up to date by filmmaker Robert Zemeckis.  If you think the original poem to be akin to the bible then you’ll probably despise this film.  ... more

HD DVD Review: Beowulf (Director’s Cut)

Feb 25, 2008, 13:39 GMT

Robert Zemeckis returns to the computer wizardry and performance-capture technology that he unleashed with ‘The Polar Express’ to tell a decidedly more mature story with a rousing, violent rendition of the Old English epic poem ‘Beowulf’. ... more

Gary Oldman joins Zemeckis’ Christmas Carol

Dec 2, 2007, 19:43 GMT

Gary Oldman has signed on for multiple roles in Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming spin on A Christmas Carol – which will be shot as a 3-D/CG motion-capture film. ... more

New clips from Beowulf on M&C

Nov 11, 2007, 16:16 GMT

We have added a selection of clips from Robert Zemeckis's feature adaptation of the legendary norse poem, 'Beowulf'. ... more

New Beowulf international trailer added

Jul 29, 2007, 12:31 GMT

We have the new international trailer for Beowulf, directed by Robert Zemeckis. The trailer is very similar to the domestic trailer with the addition of a few extra shots. ... more

First Beowulf trailer online!

Jul 26, 2007, 10:06 GMT

We have added a link to the fantastic new trailer to Paramount Pictures forthcoming Beowulf, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins and Robin Wright Penn. ... more

Robert Zemeckis Develops The Corrections

Jan 28, 2005, 1:58 GMT

Robert Zemeckis ('The Polar Express') is developing the latest draft of Jonathan Franzen's National Book Award-winning 'The Corrections' with an eye toward directing the film. ... more

Robert Zemeckis Directing Second Beowulf Movie

Jan 21, 2005, 5:27 GMT

Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman have joined forces with Steve Bing and Robert Zemeckis to bring the oldest written English language myth, Beowulf, to the big screen through the magic of performance capture. ... more

New Trailer to 'The Polar Express'

Sep 21, 2004, 18:43 GMT

The New Trailer Labelled Trailer 2 is now online for 'The Polar Express'. Directed by Robert Zemeckis director of 'Back to the Future' and stars Tom Hanks.

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