Ron Howards Beatles Film to Launch Hulu Documentary Division

Ron Howards upcoming Beatlesfilm will be featured inHulu Documentary Films, the streaming services newestdivision. Howards movie working title The Beatles: Eight Days a Week will debut in theaters and on Hulu this fall, Variety reports. The deal marks Hulus first exclusive documentary premiere following a theatrical run.

Eight Days a Weekfocuses on the Beatles iconic early yearsbetween 1962 and 1966. It will feature rare and previously unseen footage. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and the late George Harrisons wife Olivia Harrison are involved in the production.

Imagine Entertainments Howard and Brian Grazer (Apollo 13) will produce with White Horse Pictures Nigel Sinclair (George Harrison: Living in the Material World) and Scott Pascucci. Jeff Jones and Jonathan Clyde of Beatles company Apple Corps will executive produce alongside Imagines Michael Rosenberg and White Horses Guy East and Nicholas Ferrall.Eight Days a Week isHowards second music documentary following 2013sJay-Z festival film Made in America.

We are going to be able to take the Super 8 footage that we found, that was all shot silent, Howard told Rolling Stone in 2014. Well not only be able to digitally repair a lot of that, but weve also been finding the original recordings. We can now sync it up and create a concert experience so immersive and so engaging, I believe youre going to actually feel like youre somewhere in the Sixties, seeing what it was like to be there, feeling it and hearing it. And as a film director, thats a fantastic challenge.