Fleetwood Mac is finally getting the documentary treatment thanks to Frank Marshall.
Marshall, who was behind music docs The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart and The Beach Boys, will direct what is being described by distributor Apple as the first fully authorized doc on the band.
Tuesday’s announcement says the untitled doc will see Fleetwood Mac “share their extraordinary story in their own words,” adding that the film will feature never-before-seen footage, exclusive new interviews, and archival interviews of the late Christine McVie. (McVie died in 2022. She was 79.)
Fleetwood Mac — made up of members Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham — is one of the world’s best selling bands, known for albums like Tusk and Rumours and tracks like “Rhiannon” and “Landslide.” The band also became synonymous with in-fighting, with the relationship drama of the bandmembers bleeding over into their music.
“I am fascinated by how this incredible story of enormous musical achievement came about. Fleetwood Mac somehow managed to merge their often chaotic and almost operatic personal lives into their own tale in real time, which then became legend. This will be a film about the music and the people who created it,” said Marshall.
Marshall will also produce through The Kennedy/Marshall Company with White Horse Pictures’ Nicholas Ferrall (The Beatles: Eight Days A Week) and Jeanne Elfant Festa (The Apollo), and Kennedy/Marshall’s Aly Parker. White Horse’s Cassidy Hartmann executive produces with Kennedy/Marshall’s Tony Rosenthal. Diamond Doc’s Mark Monroe serves as writer and executive producer.
As for Apple, the Fleetwood Mac doc joins a slew of other talent focused features, like Selena Gomez’s My Mind & Me, Michael J. Fox’s Still, and Steve Martin’s two-part doc Steve!.
