MIAMI, FL -- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club movie producer Robert Stigwood and the surviving Bee Gees, Barry and Robin Gibb, have announced plans to produce a full-length feature remake of The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour. The original made-for-television film will be expanded for theatrical release. The surviving brothers Gibb, who starred along with since-deceased brother Maurice and Peter Frampton as the fictional Lonely Hearts Club Band, do not plan to star in the Magical Mystery Tour film, but they will produce the soundtrack and do expect to make a cameo appearance.

"We expect to interest a contemporary band to portray The Beatles," said Robin Gibb, stopped outside the brothers' Miami headquarters. It was suggested Maroon 5 would be a strong candidate for the parts. "Yes, they've been bandied about," confirmed Gibb, "but we're concerned about finding a role for the fifth member."

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A director has not yet been selected, but Michael Schultz, who directed the Sgt. Pepper's debacle, is not under consideration.

"We are truly blessed for this opportunity," said Barry Gibb, acknowledging the disappointing experience of making Sgt. Pepper's, "to bring the music of The Beatles to a younger, broader audience."

Sources within Stigwood's RSO production company confirmed earlier reports that the the team initially attempted to stage a Broadway version of Sgt. Pepper's. However, it was seen that Cirque du Soleil's Love had already captured that market.