Apple Corps Ltd., the working firm that oversees inventive and enterprise pursuits of The Beatles, has tapped British government Tom Greene as CEO, efficient September 25.
He can be solely the third CEO within the historical past of the storied firm launched in 1968 to handle The Beatles’ mental property canon, administering the legendary band’s recorded music catalog together with movie, theatrical and ebook publishing rights and piloting award-winning tasks over time. The agency is at present collaborating on probably the most bold Beatles enterprise but with Sony Footage Leisure and filmmaker Sam Mendes — 4 separate theatrical movies, one on every of the member of the band. It’s the primary time Apple Corps and The Beatles – Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the households of John Lennon and George Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted movie.
Greene beforehand ran Pottermore Publishing and Wizarding World Digital, a JV between Warner Bros and Pottermore, increasing the Harry Potter Fan Membership to over 50 million members. He’s at present COO of Blast, which works with large online game builders and publishers to develop their esports applications from workplaces in London, Copenhagen, Berlin, New York and Mumbai. He’s on the board of Pottermore and can stay on the Blast board.
He replaces Jeff Jones, who introduced plans to step down as Apple Corps CEO final fall after 17 years within the position.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Tom Greene as CEO. We’ve got a whole lot of thrilling plans and Tom’s expertise and imaginative and prescient make him the proper individual to hitch us in making all of it occur,” stated Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison and Sean Ono Lennon in a press release.
Mentioned Greene: “It’s a enormous honour to steer Apple Corps into this new part of its historical past. Like so many individuals around the globe, I grew up in a family obsessive about The Beatles and their music. At a time when the world would possibly want extra of The Beatles’ spirit, there are such a lot of new and modern methods to deliver their distinctive magic to all generations of followers. I can’t wait to get began.”
Apple Corps’ music initiatives embody acclaimed Particular Version releases for a number of Beatles albums, together with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band, The Beatles (‘White Album’), Abbey Highway, Let It Be, and Revolver. The Beatles’ 2023 worldwide hit single “Now And Then” reached Quantity One within the UK singles charts and garnered the band’s newest Grammy win and a BRIT Award nomination.
In movie and documentary, Peter Jackson’s 2021 Get Again redefined fashionable music documentary and longform storytelling, sweeping the Emmys’ documentary classes with 5 awards. Final 12 months, Apple Corps and Disney+ launched David Tedeschi and Martin Scorsese’s new Beatles ’64 documentary and a lovingly restored model of Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Let It Be.
Sony’s four-film Beatles cinematic occasion is about for launch in April of 2028 by means of Sony Footage Leisure and Mendes’ Neal Road Productions. At an look at CinemaCon in March, Sony Movement Footage boss Tom Rothman and Mendes referred to as the biopic cycle “the primary “bingeable second in cinema.”
Written by Jez Butterworth, Jack Thorne and Peter Straughan, the movies stars Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr), Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney) and Joseph Quinn (George Harrison).
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The Beatles – Washington DC – Coliseum – Apple Corps Ltd
