Harry Styles invited one of the hottest documentary filmmakers on the market behind the curtain of his historic Madison Square Garden residency.
John Wilson, the director behind the indie box office surprise “The History of Concrete” and HBO’s “How To with John Wilson,” has been rolling cameras on Styles at MSG since August, two sources with knowledge of the project said.
Wilson is capturing footage for a documentary that is expected to be a hybrid of live performance and a glimpse into Styles’ world. One source described it as featuring authentic human stories from everyone involved in the tour, from the singer and his fans to countless others behind the scenes.
Universal Pictures Content Group, Peanut World Pictures and Styles produced the project. UPCG will hold worldwide rights to the film. Although distribution plans are still being developed, inside sources said the documentary could be positioned for theatrical release through Universal.
Styles is currently in the midst of the largest single engagement residency ever at MSG, as part of his “Together, Together” tour. The work began at the end of August and is expected to continue until the end of October. The show has created many viral moments and provided many short films. Representatives for the singer, Wilson and Universal had no immediate comment. Social media lit up this weekend thanks to a fan-taken photo of Wilson dragging Styles with a camera.
Wilson has a gift for interrogating the mundane, as well as highlighting the absurdity of humans and the levers that make them work. It might seem like an original choice for a documentary about pop music, but not if you’re attentive to current sensibilities. Watch Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, whose Elizabeth Holmes project “You Can See Everything” is burning up the specialty box office this weekend. Fielder started out in the realm of absurdist comedy, and with The Holmes Project he enters a world of serious crime and compelling fourth-wall breaking. Billie Eilish recruited “Titanic” and “Avatar” mastermind James Cameron to direct her own theatrical concert opus “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,” which hit theaters this summer.
Wilson began his career directing music videos. It is replaced by UTA.
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