More new music from The Beatles “conceivable”, says Peter Jackson

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Peter Jackson has suggested that more new music from The Beatles is “conceivable”, following his work on ‘Now And Then’.The filmmaker – who is most famed as the director of Lord Of The Rings – opened up about his time working on the new Beatles track in an interview with The Sunday Times, and suggested that he hasn’t fully ruled out the chance of more new releases in the future.It comes as he worked with surviving members of the group, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, to help bring the “final” track to life; by developing a music video for the song using new footage of the surviving members and unearthed clips of the whole band.Before the music video, which was shared last Friday (November 3), he had also worked with the band on the eight-hour docu-series, Get Back, which was released in 2021.Looking back at his time working on both Beatles projects, Jackson said that he thinks it is “conceivable” that more new music from the band could be developed.“We can take a performance from Get Back, separate John and George, and then have Paul and Ringo add a chorus or harmonies,” he told the outlet, reflecting on the series which saw him sift through 60 hours of footage and 150 hours of audio.“You might end up with a decent song,” he added. “But I haven’t had conversations with Paul about that.”In the discussion, he also went on to say that although the prospect is merely “fanboy stuff” for now, the chances of it materialising are “certainly conceivable”.Shared last Thursday (November 2), ‘Now And Then’ stemmed from an old John Lennon demo tape, which was savaged with the help of AI and recorded as an official release.According to McCartney – who spoke as part of a short film about the project – Lennon first wrote and recorded a.