Should we make Beatles films?

That's been the question that the Beatles and their wives have been asking for most of this week. The mood is mixed: Olivia and Yoko are leaning towards no, I'm a maybe, and Ringo and Paul aren't as keen as in March either. Given the catastrophic loss of life, and the continued arrogance of Sony, it seems like a bloody waste of time. All they'll do is make fun of the group... If Rubber Soul and my Triptych are earning a shitload, then it's a waste of money. There are lots of other, safer ways to exploit the legacy IP. What really counts is the new IP: Paul's upcoming animated film and other projects that we're cooking up via Imagine. - Paul's position has been a long-standing one: nobody is quite good enough to do it, and all the knock-offs do is cheapen the music that the boys wrote. That's what typically kills ideas of a Beatles film, which is why they went around him and the families when they prematurely announced Sony's film quadrilogy. Ringo's only keen if he's Ringo. Otherwise, Working For Each Other paid his debts as well. - I'm a potential exception to the rule, in that my covers have renewed interest in the group, but there aren't four of me. Everyone is too old: I'm 32, and Don is 68. Michael Stoop, who was previously considered for George, is in his early forties. Tom Holland's the right age, but he's only into the mocap idea. Peter and Paul have found some good people for our Invade NZ scheme, but that's conditional on motion capture allowing several performers + me overdubbing voices. Workplace safety was very lax in London, and is likely to be the same in Wellington. Unionising the film crews was my condition for a Wellington-based film, and there hasn't been much (or any) movement on that. - Given Dhani, my brother and the abduction of Paul in June, the violence associated with attempting this film has become difficult to swallow. As I've said before, the real plum is the IP. Sony were - and are - only keen insofar as it makes them able to own Paul's publishing rights. The films were always intended to be expensive bombs that brought their reputation down a peg. Imagine Multimedia gives the Beatles full control of their IP, so we're more or less done with Hollywood economics and the dictates of the film/music industry. The whole thing is exploitative, but there's still interest in the NZ idea done safely. Tape version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16d9-tRCwia4bwYmswRF6dc84VI3C1piC/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tDcPUNwaw4g_oiRT9yKBTV6kkat3avE-/view?usp=sharing