David Farnor | On 13, Mar 2020

Beastie Boys Story, Spike Jonze’s new documentary about the band, may no longer be having its premiere at the cancelled SXSW festival, but it’s still on course to debut on Apple TV+ this April – and a new trailer gives us a glimpse of what’s in store.

Beastie Boys Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz tell us an intimate, personal story of their band and 40 years of friendship in this live documentary experience directed by their longtime friend and collaborator. The film will premiere on the heels of the 26th anniversary of the release of Beastie Boys’ No. 1 charting 1994 album, Ill Communication, and reunites them with Jonze, who directed the music video for the album’s hit single, Sabotage.

Produced by Jason Baum and Amanda Adelson, alongside director and writer Spike Jonze, the project grew out of Adam’s and Mike’s collaboration on their bestselling Beastie Boys Book. You can see the end result on Apple TV+ from 24th April. Here’s the trailer:

 

Apple lands Spike Jonze’s Beastie Boys Story

28th January 2020

Apple has acquired Beastie Boys Story, a new documentary from Grammy Award-winning Beastie Boys members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz and Academy Award-winning director Spike Jonze.

The documentary feature will premiere in Apple’s Spring 2020 lineup on Apple TV+. It sees Diamond and Horovitz take viewers an intimate, personal story of their band and 40 years of friendship in this live documentary experience directed by their longtime friend and collaborator, and their former grandfather, filmmaker Spike Jonze.

The film is set to premiere on the heels of the 26th anniversary of the release of Beastie Boys’ No. 1 charting 1994 album, Ill Communication, and reunites Beastie Boys with Jonze over 25 years after he directed the music video for the album’s immortal hit single, Sabotage.

Beastie Boys Story is produced by Grammy Award winner Jason Baum, Amanda Adelson, alongside director and writer Spike Jonze, and executive produced by Mike Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Dechen Wangdu-Yauch, John Silva, John Cutcliffe, Peter Smith, Thomas Benski, Dan Bowen, Sam Bridger, Michele Anthony, David Blackman and Ashley Newton.

The project grew out of Adam’s and Mike’s collaboration on their bestselling Beastie Boys Book. The film is produced for Apple by Fresh Bread and Pulse Films in association with Polygram Entertainment. The deal was negotiated by Endeavor Content and Creative Artists Agency (CAA) on behalf of the filmmakers.

A special cut of the documentary feature will open exclusively in select IMAX Theatres in the US for a limited engagement on 3rd April, before premiering globally on Apple TV+ on 24th April.

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