A John Lennon-Yoko Ono Movie Is Being Developed by SOCIAL NETWORK Producer
Michael De Luca, the producer behind films such as The Social Network, Moneyball, Fright Night, the Fifty Shades franchise, and more, is developing a film that tells the story of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The producer is collaborating with Ono, who will offer details on their relationship. If you're not really familiar with the history of Lennon and Ono, here's a brief rundown from Variety:
Ono and Lennon met in 1966 at a London art gallery, where Ono was showing abstract art while the Beatles were four years into being a worldwide phenomenon. Lennon asked Ono about her “Painting to Hammer a Nail In” piece and if he could hammer a nail into the painting. She asked him to pay five shillings per nail, but the two then agreed that Lennon would pay imaginary money to hammer an imaginary nail.
Lennon and Ono were married 1969 in Gibraltar with the experience immortalized in the song “The Ballad of John and Yoko,” which was the Beatles’ final number one U.K. hit. The Beatles broke up in 1970 as each embarked on solo careers.
Ono and Lennon became strong advocates for peace and they collaborated on music, highlighted by the 1980 album “Double Fantasy,” released a few weeks before Lennon was murdered in New York City. She remains active in art and acting as the caretaker of Lennon’s legacy.
The script for the film will be written by Anthony McCarten, who previously wrote The Theory of Everything. This should make for an interesting film. I'm a huge fan of The Beatles, but I really don't know much about the relationship between Lennon and Ono. One thing that I've always heard several times over the years from several people, though, was that Ono was a thorn in the side of the band, and it's been long rumored that she played a major role in The Beatles breaking up. I doubt this movie will address that rumor, but you never know!
Are you interested in seeing a movie that tells the story of this relationship?