Filmmaker Peter Jackson has shed new light on a decades-old internet rumor that The Beatles unsuccessfully attempted in 1968 to adapt The Lord of the Rings books into a musical film. According to the BBC, Jackson had a couple of conversations with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr about it while editing together the recently-released The Beatles: Get Back documentary.
«What I understand is that Denis O'Dell, who was their Apple film producer… the idea of doing Lord of The Rings,» said Jackson.
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