Beatles Anthology remaster and new episode announced

Peter Jackson remasters The Beatles Anthology for Disney+ with a new ninth episode and a companion album of rare recordings.

Peter Jackson remasters Beatles Anthology with new episode and rare recordings

Peter Jackson and his Wingnut Films team will remaster The Beatles Anthology for Disney+ later this year. The update brings digitally enhanced versions of the eight original episodes and adds a brand new ninth episode assembled from unseen behind the scenes footage of the band around the series’ original release. The project follows Jackson’s recent work on related Beatles material and aims to present the footage with clear sound and picture quality.

The release is paired with an accompanying album, Anthology 4, which features session outtakes, unreleased demos, and new mixes of the singles Free As A Bird and Real Love, overseen by Giles Martin. Giles Martin has remastered the three original Anthology albums, and the package will arrive in November alongside an updated Anthology book.

The project taps into a broader trend of archival material being repackaged for streaming. New footage can reshape the memory of a storied band, so the approach matters as much as the material itself. Having Giles Martin lead the audio work suggests a careful restoration rather than a flashy overhaul, which helps balance nostalgia with sound quality. Disney offers reach to casual viewers while testing whether modern audiences will engage with classic rock history. Because this is a documentary effort, the signoff process may be simpler than for dramatic retellings, but it still invites questions about how the Beatles’ narrative is curated for contemporary fans.

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The project invites a renewed conversation about a lasting legacy.