A few years after Oliver Stone made “The Doors,” he released “Nixon,” which starred Anthony Hopkins as the disgraced 37th president. The Oscar-winning actor did the cursory work of changing his countenance and voice to appear more Tricky Dick-esque, but this was hardly an instance of someone “disappearing” into the role. In the film, he … Read more
Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles movies is rumored to star Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal, and more as the Fab Four. It was announced earlier this year that Sam Mendes was undertaking an ambitious project involving one of the biggest bands in history: The Beatles. Instead of just one movie, Mendes is set to direct four movies, … Read more
And yet, newly restored by Peter Jackson, who made “The Beatles: Get Back,” and streaming on Disney+, “Let It Be” turns out to be a pretty great Beatles movie, even in this compromised form. (The band members apparently demanded cuts from director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, whose initial version was about an hour longer.) Running 80 minutes, … Read more
A remastered edition of the Beatles’ Let It Be film will stream on Disney+ on May 8. It’s the first time the film has been available in over 50 years. The new movie was restored by Peter Jackson’s team at Park Road Post Production and contains footage not featured in Jackson’s 2021 Get Back docuseries, which … Read more
While musical biopics are big sellers in Hollywood, some of the most coveted stories are deemed untouchable, but Sony plans to go all-in on The Beatles. Last week, it was revealed that American Beauty and Skyfall director Sam Mendes conceived and has signed on to take on the monumental task of telling the story of … Read more
The four Beatles members will be the subjects of a quartet of upcoming biopics telling the band’s story from each perspective. The upcoming feature films about John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were conceived by Sam Mendes, who directed American Beauty, 1917 and two James Bond films, Skyfall and Spectre. Mendes will also direct the four … Read more
Following its debut online yesterday, the Beatles have released the accompanying music video for “Now and Then,” billed as “The Last Beatles Song” and created using new technology to marry new work by surviving members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr with an old demo recorded by John Lennon, plus recordings by the late George Harrison … Read more
They are calling it “The Last Beatles Song.” It started as a John Lennon demo called “Now and Then” that Yoko Ono had given to Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr during the work on The Beatles Anthology in the 1990s. While Paul, George, and Ringo did work on the song at that time, it … Read more