John Lennon biopic "Nowhere Boy" to premiere at London Film Festival

Mon, 21 Sep 2009

With The Beatles dominating the album charts, and Beatlemania returning to its lofty stature, it has now been announced that Nowhere Boy, a new film chronicling the early life of Beatles legend John Lennon, is to premier at the 2009 London Film Festival.

With the perpetual flow of rockumentaries and musician-biopics entering the realms of public consciousness, it was surely only a matter of time before a film-maker would tackle the early life of late Beatles frontman John Lennon.  Nowhere Boy has been adapted for the screen from the book, Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon, written by Lennon’s half-sister Julia Baird.

The movie was picked up by The Weinstein Company who detailed the following synopsis in a press release earlier in the year. 

“Nowhere Boy tells the never before seen story of John Lennon’s (Johnson) childhood. John Lennon is an ordinary fifteen year old boy on the streets of Liverpool. Funny, smart, naughty, a real edge to him. But life is not simple for John - he grew up in a family of secrets and was raised by his Aunt Mimi from the age of five. When he is suddenly reacquainted with his mother, Julia, they form an unbreakable bond. A bitter war rages between the two sisters for John's love. Faced with bringing it to an end, he learns the secret heartbreak of his past. But his mother gives him one great gift - music. A wayward boy finds his voice, and walks into The Beatles”

Tom Ortenberg, president of theatrical films  for TWC, indicated that audiences would see a story that had “never been told, and now Beatles fans will be able to gain insight into his (Lennon’s) fascinating life”
      
The new movie will premiere Oct 29th at the London Film Festival, and has been set for a 2010 general worldwide release. With re-issues causing havoc in the record stores, the re-make of Yellow Submarine in pre-production, The Beatles’ video game introducing a new generation to the work of the Fab Four, and Nowhere Boy set to let us into the untold story of Lennon’s formative years, it would seem that Beatlemania is going nowhere for the time being.

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