McCartney For Film Soundtrack

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is due to soundtrack a film adaptation to one of his children's books.

Sir Paul McCartney is a man of many talents. One of the most successful recording artists of all time, the singer has also branched out in the world of art while McCartney has also published a book of poetry.

One of the songwriter's pet projects recently was a children's book titled 'High In The Clouds', published back in 2005. McCartney has always been a noted fan of creating art for children, with the infamous 'Frog Chorus' being an early attempt to create something for the young at heart.

The book tells the story of Wirral The Squirrel and his search for an animal sanctuary. McCartney has had numerous attempts at filming the story, but it seems that now he has been successful with a new feature film in development.

Michael Lynne, part of the team bringing the project to life, said: "Paul said he would commit a score of original songs as part of it."

Lynne has previously worked on big budget feature films such as the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Of course, Sir Paul McCartney has worked on an animated film before with The Beatles starring in 1968's 'Yellow Submarine'.

Since then, the songwriter has worked on numerous soundtracks. McCartney wrote the hard rockin' theme to the James Bond film 'Live And Let Die' while more recently the former Beatle penned the title track of the 2001 film 'Vanilla Sky'.

On both occasions Sir Paul McCartney was nominated for a 'Best Original Song' award at the Oscars.

Recently, Sir Paul McCartney has kept himself busy headlining the Coachella festival in Los Angeles. The former Beatle played a headline set at the desert event, rolling out the hits before thousands of fans.

The singer is due to open New York's Citi Field stadium. Set on the site of the former Shea Stadium, McCartney closed the old stadium as a special guest of Bill Joel.

Work on the film adaptation of 'Wirral The Squirrel' is ongoing.