Today, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles’ legendary rooftop concert, the band announced Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson will direct a film from 55 hours of unseen footage and 140 hours of audio recorded during the band’s final sessions in 1969 for what would become ‘Let It Be.’
UNSPECIFIED – JANUARY 01: The Beatles Members Of The Order Of The British Empire On 1968 (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) Getty
When the Beatles went into record what would be their final album, Let It Be, in 1969 (for release in 1970) they filmed the sessions for a planned TV special. Much of that footage has never been seen.
But now on the fiftieth anniversary of those sessions, the band has announced, Academy Award-winning director Sir Peter Jackson will turn the previously unseen footage into an upcoming film. Jackson, the man behind The Lords Of The Rings trilogy, says in a statement, “The 55 hours of never-before-seen footage and 140 hours of audio made available to us, ensures this movie will be the ultimate ‘fly on the wall’ experience that Beatles fans have long dreamt about.
