Kiwi director Sir Peter Jackson is teaming up with The Beatles on a new film project that will showcase a "historical treasure-trove" of footage of the band.
The Academy Award-winning director is working with the band on about 55 hours of never-released footage from the studio shot in January 1969.
The studio sessions produced The Beatles' Grammy Award Winning album Let It Be with its Academy Award winning title song.
The Kiwi director will re-edit never-before-seen footage from the making of Let It Be. (Source: Other)
The album was released in May 1970 - several months after the band had broken up.
Announced on The Beatles' Twitter account, the surviving members of the band said the footage was intended for a television special but "organically turned into something different".
"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," Sir Peter said, according to The Beatles. "I was relieved to discover the reality is very different to the myth.
"It's simply an amazing historical treasure-trove."
Sir Peter described working with the band members as fascinating, funny, uplifting and surprisingly intimate.
"I'm thrilled and honoured to have been entrusted with this remarkable footage - making the movie will be a sheer joy."
The renowned Kiwi director spoke with 1 NEWS ahead of the release of They Shall Not Grow Old. (Source: Other)
Sir Peter will be working with his Wellington team who worked on They Shall Not Grow Old - his documentary about World War I, which also involved never-before-seen footage put together with state-of-the-art technology.
The same technique of re-ingesting, re-editing and retouching will be used on the new Beatles film.
The name of the film and release date have not yet been announced.
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