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The first official trailer dropped today for Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back, which chronicles the band’s creative process as they attempt to write 14 new songs in preparation for their first live concert in over two years. It would also be the band’s final live performance. While Jackson previously released a…

In an excerpt of an interview with The Guardian, Paul McCartney has blamed John Lennon for initiating the breakup of The Beatles more than 50 years ago. McCartney has long been blamed for the split, but now calls the breakup and its aftermath the “most difficult period” of his life. “Stop right there. I am not the…

EXCLUSIVE: Summer of Soul isn't the only documentary about a lesser-known music festival that has historical significance. Deadline understands that a film is in the works about the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival, which is best known for a rare solo performance by John Lennon, the first for the Plastic Ono Band, during…

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono were among those remembering the great John Lennon on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. “A sad sad day,” wrote McCartney, Lennon’s songwriting partner, friend and often artistic rival, “but remembering my friend John with the great joy he brought to the world.” “I will…

The UK’s National Trust is looking for a passionate fan to guide tourists interested in the childhood home of Beatle Paul McCartney and the nearby abode of John Lennon. The <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-51577645?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR2zVWkkPFC7RfvTDUPEj7FG1lzcfQNknd9-5vj5naBWxi23ATq_C_XyI8Y"…

EXCLUSIVE: Nowhere Boy, the 2009 John Lennon biopic about the teenage years of the future Beatle, is being developed as a stage musical, Deadline has learned. Producers Brian and Dayna Lee of AF Creative Media, and Robyn Goodman and Josh Fiedler of Aged in Wood, have acquired stage rights to the Ecosse Films biopic…

Bette Midler has apologized for paraphrasing the title of a 1972 John Lennon-Yoko Ono song — Midler wrote “N-word,” John & Yoko spelled it out — in an angry tweet Thursay about the “too brief investigation” into Brett Kavanaugh. Midler’s apology reads: “The too brief investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh…

LennoNYC director Michael Epstein is making a feature-length documentary about John Lennon's Imagine record for British broadcaster Channel 4. The 90-minute film – John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky – will feature unseen archive and access to John's estate to tell the story of John Lennon and Yoko Ono against the backdrop…

Abramorama will commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' 1968 classic animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, with a theatrical release in July. Helpfully, the film will have the bouncing ball-style lyrics at the bottom of the screen for the first time, allowing audiences to sing along. Is it too much to…

Refresh for updates Paul McCartney is among those marching against gun violence in New York City today, and spoke to CNN’s Jason Caroll to note, "One of my best friends was killed in gun violence right around here, so it’s important to me." McCartney was referring, of course, to John Lennon, who was murdered by a…

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Michael De Luca has teamed with Yoko Ono, The Theory Of Everything scribe Anthony McCarten and Josh Bratman on an untitled feature drama about the love story between Ono and Beatles icon John Lennon. McCarten will write the script and produce with Ono, De Luca Productions' De Luca, and Immersive…

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Cowell is boarding the Beatles pic A Life in the Day. Cowell is coming on-board as a producer via his SyCo production company run by Adam Milano. Cowell will partner with Stuart Ford’s IM Global, who have optioned Tony Gittelson’s script, which tells the true story of Epstein who, while selling…