Billy Preston Getting Docu Film Treatment In Paris Barclay-Helmed ‘Fifth Beatle’ From White Horse & Homegrown Pictures
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deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: White Horse Pictures and Homegrown Pictures have teamed on Fifth Beatle, a documentary feature about the legendary musician and genius keyboardist Billy Preston.
The title refers to a nickname for Preston, the only non-member ever to be credited on a Beatles recording. He had plenty of his own hits and co-wrote the song Joe Cocker made famous, You Are So Beautiful.
Fifteen years after his death in 2006, Billy Preston was inducted this past weekend into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Paris Barclay, the multi-Emmy-winning director, producer, and writer (In Treatment, Glee, Sons of Anarchy) will direct.
Cheo Hodari Coker (Creed II, Luke Cage, Ray Donovan) is writing the film alongside Barclay.The film is produced by Homegrown’s
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