Famed British recording studio Abbey Road will be the subject of a
feature doc from UK photographer and filmmaker Mary McCartney, daughter
of Paul McCartney whose Beatles famously recorded their eleventh studio
album there and named it after the site.
The project, If These
Walls Could Sing, comes from Mercury Studios, the music-first content
studio from Universal Music Group, which has enlisted Oscar-winner John
Battsek to produce through his new banner Ventureland. Mercury has also
struck an ongoing development deal with Ventureland. Universal Music
UK’s Marc Robinson and Mercury Studios CEO Alice Webb will oversee and
executive produce.
The movie will mark the first time Abbey Road
has opened its doors to a feature doc crew. The studio’s 90th
anniversary celebrations begin in November this year and the project
will be the centerpiece of those events.
“Some of my earliest
memories as a young child come from time spent at Abbey Road. I’ve long
wanted to tell the story of this historic place and I couldn’t be
collaborating with a better team than John and Mercury Studios to make
this creative ambition a reality,” said Mary McCartney.
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