Beatles engineer and co-producer Giles Martin is refuting recent claims by “Now and Then” video director Peter Jackson that there may be more “new” Fab Four material in the future. Jackson — best known for his “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” film series — recently told Britain's Sunday Times that creating more Beatles songs using the AI technology he developed for 2021's “Get Back” docuseries is “certainly conceivable,” saying that, “We can take a performance from 'Get Back,' separate John and George, and then have Paul and Ringo add a chorus or harmonies. You might end up with a decent song but I haven't had conversations with Paul about that.”
According to Martin, who's been working on Beatles archival projects for the last 15 years, Jackson needn't bother: