In this file photo dated Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, film director Peter Jackson poses for photographers at the world premiere of the Beatles movie, in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, FILE)
LONDON (AP) --
Director Peter Jackson is making a new documentary using never-before-seen footage of the Beatles in the studio.
The acclaimed Lord of the Rings director said Wednesday the film will be based on roughly 55 hours of footage of the band working on songs in the studio in January 1969.
"It's like a time machine transports us back to 1969, and we get to sit in the studio watching these four friends make great music together," he says.
The film is being made with the cooperation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison.
The film was announced on the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' final performance on the roof of Apple Records in London.
Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry, left, and quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) are interviewed by Netflix reporter Jamie Erdahl after an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Netflix's first NFL Christmas Day doubleheader ended up being successful globally.
The Baltimore Ravens' 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans averaged 31.3 million while Kansas City's 29-10 win at Pittsburgh averaged 30 million worldwide, according to Netflix's first-party data released on Tuesday.
The two games are also the most streamed in NFL history in the U.S.
The Ravens-Texans contest has an updated average of 27.2 million with Chiefs-Steelers coming in at 25.8 million, according to Nielsen and Netflix.
Both NFL games surpassed the previous mark of 23 million for last season's AFC wild-card game between the Miami Dolphins and Chiefs on Peacock.
Nielsen also said there were 65 million U.S. viewers who tuned in for at least one minute of one of the two games, making it Netflix's most-watched Christmas Day.
Netflix and the NFL said viewers from 218 countries and territories tuned in to at least one of the games.
It was also a nice rebound for Netflix after widespread streaming problems during the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight on Nov. 14. The only noticeable technical glitch was the stream not going to live action and starting at the beginning whenever viewers tuned in.
"In terms of the big picture, it went as well as we could have hoped," said Brandon Riegg, Netflix's vice president of nonfiction series and sports. "Given the weight of expectations, especially coming off a fight, I think we acquitted ourselves as well as we could have hoped. I'm glad that the narrative changed and there was at least an acknowledgment that we didn't run into any of those issues that plagued us before."
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