Music lovers, unite! Several new documentaries are coming out that offer a glimpse into the most vulnerable moments and celebrated milestones in the artists' lives.
On April 16, Disney+ announced that Let it bedirector Michael Lindsay-Hogg's original 1970 film about the Beatles will debut on the platform, after being restored.
Hulu is launching Thank you, good night: the story of Bon Jovia documentary series about the band's rise to fame and its leader. Jon Bon JoviThe ailment of the vocal cords, which threatens the future of the group. Disney+ will focus on the Beach Boys, who are the subject of a film highlighting the group's humble beginnings when they created “the iconic, harmonious sound… that epitomized the California dream.”
Celine Dion's upcoming documentary, premiering in June on Prime Video, provides insight into not only the singer's life and career, but also how she copes with life with stiff person syndrome, which she was diagnosed with in 2022. .
From in-depth interviews to never-before-seen footage, viewers will be there to relive the moments that made these artists the legends we know today.
Here's what you need to know about these upcoming movies.
Thank you, good night: the story of Bon Jovi
The New Jersey gang is at the center of this four-part Hulu documentary series celebrating 40 years in business, but not everything is a bed of roses.
In 2022, Jon Bon Jovi underwent surgery for an atrophied vocal cord. While the episodes follow the band's meteoric rise from the clubs of the Jersey Shore to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the series also depicts the uncertain future the group faces amid its frontman's recovery.
Through decades of personal videos, unreleased early demos, original lyrics, and newly released photographs, you'll see Bon Jovi in a new light. For Jon Bon Jovi, that's the most exciting part of all.
“The goal was to be honest and introspective. I knew we didn't want to make a cliché rock 'n' roll story about the struggle for fame. “I wanted an authentic story of our journey,” he said in a press release about the film. “We don't know how the story ends; that's both terrifying and what motivates me.”
The four episodes of Thank You, Good Night: A Bon Jovi Story stream April 26 on Hulu
Let it be
For the first time in more than 50 years, Michael Lindsay Hogg's 1970 film about the Beatles will have a new audience.
The original film was shot in January 1969 during the recording sessions for Let it be, which would be the band's last album together. More than five decades after its initial release, Hogg granted director Peter Jackson access to nearly 60 hours of behind the scenes images for use in your 2021 Disney+ docuseries The Beatles: Come back.
Now fans will be able to see Hogg's original version of the film, as Let it be contains images that do not appear in Jackson's documentary series.
“Let it be It was ready for release in October/November 1969, but did not come out until April 1970. A month before its release, the Beatles officially broke up. And then people went to see Let it be with sadness in their hearts, thinking, 'I'll never see the Beatles together again.' I'll never have that joy again,' and that really darkened the perception of the movie,” Hogg said in a press release about the upcoming film. “But actually, how often do you see artists of this stature working together to turn what they hear in their heads into songs?”
Let it be airs May 8 on Disney+
The beach boys
Focusing on the legendary California group that revolutionized the sound of pop music, The beach boys documentary film chronicles the band's journey become one of the most influential groups in history.
Formed in the early 1960s, the Beach Boys have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide to date. The film features new interviews with surviving members Al Jardine, Mike Love, David Marks, Bruce Johnson and Brian Wilson, who is “very happy with the way the documentary turned out.”
“It really brought me back to those days with the boys, the fun and the music. And of course those amazing harmonies,” Wilson said in a press release.
The band will also release the corresponding soundtrack.
The beach boys airs May 24 on Disney+
I am: Celine Dion
The Grammy-winning superstar, who revealed in 2022 that she has rigid person syndrome, is giving her fans a rare glimpse into her life.
Described as a “love letter to emotional, energetic and poetic music.” I am: Celine Dion It promises to be a personal exploration of the singer's past and present. The film, directed by Academy Award nominee Irene Taylor, will also showcase the magnitude of Dion's four-decade music career as he navigates a life-changing illness.
I am: Celine Dion airs June 25 on Prime Video
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James Brown: Say it out loud
James Brown: Say it out loud broadcasts on the A&E app
Kings of Queens: The Story of Run DMC
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The three-part docuseries shows how three friends from the Queens borough of New York City became one of the greatest rap groups of all time. Follow Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and archival interviews with “Jam Master Jay” Mizell, who died in 2002, as they reflect on his role as hip-hop's forefathers.
Kings of Queens: The Story of Run DMC streams on Peacock.
The biggest night of pop
Being there one night in 1985 when the world's biggest artists came together (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonders, Cyndi Lauper, Diana Ross and others) working together to create history while recording the 1985 megahit “We Are the World.”
The biggest night of pop streaming on Netflix
