LONDON — The Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd. has introduced that Tom Greene has been appointed as its new CEO, efficient in September.
Apple Corps Ltd was based in 1968 by the Fab 4 to regulate the band’s pursuits throughout music, movie, publishing and extra. The position of CEO was first held by the band’s longtime publicist Neil Aspinall from 1968 to 2007.
In October 2024, his alternative Jeff Jones stepped down from the place after 17 years within the position. Throughout his time within the position, Jones oversaw plenty of tasks together with the band’s foray into video video games (The Beatles: Rock Band) and plenty of movies and documentaries (Ron Howard’s The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years; Peter Jackson’s Get Again collection). The band launched “Now and Then,” billed as their last music, in November 2024.
Greene joins the corporate having beforehand fulfilled an working position for the Harry Potter franchise, together with stints working Pottermore Publishing and Wizarding World Digital, a three way partnership between Warner Bros and Pottermore. His most up-to-date position was as COO of Blast, an leisure firm working with the online game builders and publishers on manufacturing, commercialisation and viewers progress of their esports programmes.
Talking on the appointment Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison and Sean Ono Lennon mentioned: “We’re thrilled to welcome Tom Greene as CEO. We have now a whole lot of thrilling plans and Tom’s expertise and imaginative and prescient make him the right individual to hitch us in making all of it occur.”
Tom Greene added: “It’s a enormous honour to steer Apple Corps into this new section of its historical past. Like so many individuals world wide, I grew up in a family obsessive about The Beatles and their music. At a time when the world would possibly want extra of The Beatles’ spirit, there are such a lot of new and progressive methods to deliver their distinctive magic to all generations of followers. I can’t wait to get began.”
One of many largest tasks in Greene’s in-tray would be the upcoming four-part biopic of The Beatles, the primary time that the band and Apple Corps Ltd. have authorised the rights to a scripted biopic for the life story of every band member. Sam Mendes (Skyfall) will direct the Sony Footage-produced options, with Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney), Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr), Harris Dickinson (John Lennon) and Joseph Quinn (George Harrison) set to take the main roles. All 4 movies shall be launched in April 2028.
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