{"id":733,"date":"2007-07-25T09:35:59","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T13:35:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-12T14:27:43","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T14:27:43","slug":"gibb-to-produce-lemgmagical-mystery-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/gibb-to-produce-lemgmagical-mystery-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Stigwood and Brothers Gibb Reunite to Produce <em>Magical Mystery Tour<\/em> Remake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, FL &#8212; <em>Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club<\/em> movie producer <strong>Robert Stigwood<\/strong> and the surviving <strong>Bee Gees<\/strong>, Barry and Robin Gibb, have announced plans to produce a full-length feature remake of The Beatles&#8217; <strong><em>Magical Mystery Tour<\/em><\/strong>. The original made-for-television film will be expanded for theatrical release. The surviving brothers Gibb, who starred along with since-deceased brother <strong>Maurice<\/strong> and <strong>Peter Frampton<\/strong> as the fictional Lonely Hearts Club Band, do not plan to star in the <em>Magical Mystery Tour<\/em> film, but they will produce the soundtrack and do expect to make a cameo appearance. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect to interest a contemporary band to portray The Beatles,&#8221; said Robin Gibb, stopped outside the brothers&#8217; Miami headquarters. It was suggested <strong>Maroon 5<\/strong> would be a strong candidate for the parts. &#8220;Yes, they&#8217;ve been bandied about,&#8221; confirmed Gibb, &#8220;but we&#8217;re concerned about finding a role for the fifth member.&#8221;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SzKW5Iqxx7A?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nA director has not yet been selected, but <strong>Michael Schultz<\/strong>, who directed the <em>Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s<\/em> debacle, is not under consideration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are truly blessed for this opportunity,&#8221; said Barry Gibb, acknowledging the disappointing experience of making <em>Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s<\/em>, &#8220;to bring the music of The Beatles to a younger, broader audience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sources within Stigwood&#8217;s RSO production company confirmed earlier reports that the the team initially attempted to stage a Broadway version of <em>Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s<\/em>. However, it was seen that Cirque du Soleil&#8217;s <em>Love<\/em> had already captured that market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, FL &#8212; Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club movie producer Robert Stigwood and the surviving Bee Gees, Barry and Robin Gibb, have announced plans to produce a full-length feature remake of The Beatles&#8217; Magical Mystery Tour. The original made-for-television film will be expanded for theatrical release. The surviving brothers Gibb, who starred along with since-deceased <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/gibb-to-produce-lemgmagical-mystery-tour\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}