I'm unreasonably excited to hear that Julie Taymor (Titus, Frida) is slated to direct a new movie musical called Across the Universe, a love story told through 18 songs by the Beatles:

A young man from Liverpool comes to America during the Vietnam War to find his father. He winds up in Greenwich Village, where he falls in love with an American girl who has grown up sheltered in the suburbs. Together they experience the sweeping changes of America in the late 60's.

Originally, the movie was going to be called All You Need is Love, before a late—and, I think, well-chosen—change in title. (This reminds me of the time that Noah and I were trying to think of a title for our screenplay about the making of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and rejected A Day in the Life as being too obvious. Dave, of course, suggested that we call it Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite.)