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    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:13:14

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    • John Lennon - Music legend Paul McCartney gestures on arrival for a ceremony marking the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 9, 2012 in Hollywood, California. Receiving the 2,460th Star on the famed walkways of Hollywood, McCartney's star is lined up alongside his fellow Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
    • John Lennon - LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27: The gates of the former Salvation Army orphanage Strawberry Field, immortalised by the Beatles song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', where John Lennon used to play as a child, in Woolton on January 27, 2012 in Liverpool, England. With six months to go until the opening cermeony of the London 2012 Olympic games Britain's tourist industry is gearing up to cater for the influx of athletes, officials and visitors.
    • John Lennon - LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27: The gates of the former Salvation Army orphanage Strawberry Field, immortalised by the Beatles song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', where John Lennon used to play as a child, in Woolton on January 27, 2012 in Liverpool, England. With six months to go until the opening cermeony of the London 2012 Olympic games Britain's tourist industry is gearing up to cater for the influx of athletes, officials and visitors.

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    Sam Taylor-Wood—a multimedia artist best known for her work with the Pet Shop Boys and such pop culture icons as Elton John, Robert Downey Jr. and David Beckham—has signed on to direct a John Lennon film that focuses on his childhood and the years leading up to The Beatles' formation. While casting is currently "underway," Matt Greenhalgh (best known for his work on the Joy Division biopic Control) has already completed the movie's script.

    "The women in John's early life truly shaped who he became," Taylor-Wood told Billboard.com, "and the strengths and weaknesses of their relationships are central to this film."

    Filming is set to begin in Lennon's hometown of Liverpool once its casting phase is wrapped up.

    —The ARTISTdirect Staff
    09.02.08

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