Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and other members of legendary British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac tell their story in their own words for the first time in an upcoming “definitive documentary,” Apple said Tuesday.
Five-time Academy Award nominee and Irving G. Thalberg winner Frank Marshall directs the Apple Original Film.
“I am fascinated by how this incredible story of enormous musical achievement came about,” said Marshall. “Fleetwood Mac somehow managed to merge their often chaotic and almost operatic personal lives into their own tale in real-time, which then became legend. This will be a film about the music and the people who created it.”
Apple TV+ to air ‘definitive documentary’ about iconic rock band Fleetwood Mac
Apple noted the upcoming documentary, which does not yet have a title or release date, is “fully authorized.” What else is known about it? Marshall (The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, The Beach Boys, Rather) will direct the film. And in it — no “Rumours” here — Grammy Award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Fleetwood Mac share their story in their own words for the first time. (And by the way, the hit 1977 album Rumours appeared at a respectable No. 11 on the controversial Apple Music 100 Best Albums list. That’s the highest ranking of any record from that decade.)
“We are thrilled to continue our creative partnership with Frank and the talented team at Kennedy/Marshall,” said producer Nicholas Ferrall. “Fleetwood Mac are a musical phenomenon, their alchemy almost beyond comprehension. White Horse is grateful and humbled by the extraordinary opportunity to produce a documentary that dives deep into the talents of each band member individually and the magic that is Fleetwood Mac as a whole. And to do this with the support and reach of Apple is quite wonderful.”
And you have to wonder: Will the film cover Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s Us Festival in 1982? Fleetwood Mac appeared with other big-time rockers in the $8 million show. Woz put it on while on hiatus from Apple after surviving a 1981 plane crash.
Fleetwood Mac documentary: A story of rock royalty
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Here’s how Apple TV+ described the upcoming documentary about a band that managed to sell more than 220 million records over a career with many highs and lows:
Following their fortuitous meeting in 1974, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks reflect on their uncompromising 50-plus-year history, from their record-breaking recordings and tours — including never-before-seen footage, exclusive new interviews, and archival interviews of the late Christine McVie — through to today. The film will explore how the band’s trials and tribulations, personal resilience, and musical dexterity combined to create songs that have stood the test of time and are enduring masterpieces.
It will take fans through the highs and lows of their brilliant career, illuminating the exceptional ingredients each member brought to the band’s uncommon alchemy — a musical union that sold more than 220 million records worldwide. The documentary will explore what allowed this combination of artists to create singular musical work again and again, and what drew them back together and held them there when every possible pressure, both outside and inside the band, threatened to blow them apart.
Accomplished filmmaking team
Director Marshall produced the documentary through The Kennedy/Marshall Company with White Horse Pictures’ Nicholas Ferrall (The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years, Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A.) and Jeanne Elfant Festa (The Apollo, Lucy and Desi), and Kennedy/Marshall’s Aly Parker (The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, The Space Race). White Horse’s Cassidy Hartmann executive produces with Kennedy/Marshall’s Tony Rosenthal. Diamond Docs’ Mark Monroe serves as writer and executive producer.
Other Apple Original documentary films include:
- Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim’s Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, winner of five Critics Choice Documentary Awards and four Emmy Awards.
- Emmy Award-nominated Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, an intimate look at “her six-year journey into a new light.”
- Emmy Award-nominated Steve! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces about the remarkable life and career of writer, producer, director, actor and comedian Steve Martin.
- An upcoming new film about the groundbreaking life and career of seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Watch documentaries on Apple TV+
You can watch those and many other documentary films and series on Apple TV+. The service is available by subscription for $9.99 with a seven-day free trial. You can also get it via any tier of the Apple One subscription bundle. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod touch can enjoy three months of Apple TV+ for free.
After launching in November 2019, “Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 515 wins and 2,308 award nominations and counting,” the service said.
In addition to award-winning movies and TV shows (including breakout soccer comedy Ted Lasso), Apple TV+ offers a variety of documentaries, dramas, comedies, kids shows and more.
Source: Apple
