Filmmaker Josh Wakely’s production company, Grace, has acquired the worldwide rights to The Beatles’ music catalog in an agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
Grace will have the rights to the group’s song catalog for an
animated children’s series called “Beat Bugs.” The series will be based
on the original characters and world created by Wakely.
While Grace has acquired rights to Beatles’ songs, however, it has
not acquired rights to the recordings. Other artists will have to
perform the songs.
“Josh’s ingenuity and creative exploration of these iconic songs in a
wholly imaginative world was too good to pass up and the idea of
opening up the single greatest music catalog of the 20th century to the
next generation is something we are particularly excited about. We are
thrilled to be working with Josh and the team at Grace,” said Damian
Trotter, managing director of Sony/ATV.
“Beat Bugs” is aimed at children and uses original narratives
intertwined with the Beatles songs to tell the story of young bugs that
live and learn life lessons in the magical universe of an overgrown back
yard. The series is designed to encourage a new generation of children
and parents to share the music of the Beatles.
Grace is in discussions with various animation studios and licensees
for distribution of the series. Worldwide distribution rights for “Beat
Bugs” are being sold by CAA and Hirsch, Wallerstein, Hayum, Matlof &
Fishman.
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