Disney+ released the first trailer for The Beatles: Get Back and it shows the band’s final live performance with never-before-seen footage.
Created by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson from 50-year-old footage featuring the band’s creative process as they try to write 14 new songs to prep for their first live concert in two years, which ended up being the band’s final live performance.
The trailer shows The Beatles working on the new songs and imagining a concept for the concert, which ended up being one of the most iconic moments in music history They’re faced with a deadline and they struggle to compose some of the most iconic songs in the world. It also shows for the first time The Beatles’ rooftop concert on London’s Savile Row and compositions featured on the band’s final two albums, Abbey Road and Let It Be.
The footage comes from a planned 1969 TV special documentary that didn’t happen. It’s nearly 60 hours of unseen footage shot over 21 days by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who previously directed The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. Jackson also had access to over 150 hours of unheard audio.
The Beatles: Get Back was produced by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon, Olivia Harrison, Peter Jackson, Clare Olssen, and Jonathan Clyde. Jeff Jones and Ken Kamins served as executive producers.
The series will be three parts and will air over November 25, 26, and 27, 2021.
Check out the trailer below.
