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Peter Jackson To Direct A New Beatles Doc About The ‘Let It Be’ Recording Sessions

It appears that Peter Jackson isn’t done playing around with the documentary genre, just yet. After a successful attempt at a documentary with last year’s “They Shall Not Grow Old,” which saw the director use cutting edge technology to breathe life into hundred-year-old archival footage from World War I, Jackson is bringing those same techniques to The Beatles.

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According to THR, Jackson has agreed to do a documentary about The Beatles, utilizing the 55 hours of footage that was recorded during the Let It Be sessions in 1969. And as mentioned, the same restoration methods he used for ‘Grow Old’ will be used in this untitled documentary, which means The Beatles of that era will probably look better than ever before. The report also mentions that Jackson has the full support of surviving members of the band, as well as widows, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon, and Olivia Harrison.

For fans of the rock group, the Let It Be sessions are the source of much debate. The legendary album was the last created before the band’s demise. And courtesy of the dozens of hours of footage, filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg created a seminal doc “Let It Be.” It’s that doc that has been poured over for years by fans looking for tensions between the bandmates, which would signal the eventual breakup, with many saying the signs are all there.

However, as Jackson says, the truth is that the band wasn’t on the verge of a breakup, as has been speculated.

“I was relieved to discover the reality is very different to the myth,” he said.

In fact, the director says that fans will be surprised by the documentary, which will show a fascinating and intimate look at the world’s most iconic musical band.

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“After reviewing all the footage and audio that Michael Lindsay-Hogg shot 18 months before they broke up, it’s simply an amazing historical treasure-trove,” Jackson said. “Sure, there’s moments of drama — but none of the discord this project has long been associated with. Watching John, Paul, George, and Ringo work together, creating now-classic songs from scratch, is not only fascinating — it’s funny, uplifting and surprisingly intimate.”

And it would appear that Jackson isn’t interested in focusing on any sort of drama or strife. Instead, he wants to present fans with something they’ve never seen before, and in doing so, create something really special.

He explained, “This movie will be the ultimate ‘fly-on-the-wall’ experience that Beatles fans have long dreamt about. It’s like a time machine transports us back to 1969, and we get to sit in the studio watching these four friends make great music together.”

There’s no release date set for the film.

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