Harry Styles Taps John Wilson for Madison Square Garden Doc

By Elena Vasquez, Arts & Voices

John Wilson, the filmmaker behind HBO's How To With John Wilson, is directing a documentary about Harry Styles' current Madison Square Garden residency, Variety has confirmed. The film covers the 30-show run that began in August and closes on October 31.

Wilson started shooting when the residency opened. In recent days, social media photos showed him trailing Styles with camera in hand, prompting fans to speculate about a collaboration.

What will the film actually contain?

Variety reports the project is not a conventional concert film. It will feature "a hybrid of live performances and a glimpse into Styles' world," according to the outlet.

Wilson will also dig into the residency through "authentic human stories of everyone involved in the tour — from the singer and his fans to countless others behind the scenes," Variety reported.

The engagement is titled Together, Together. Thirty shows run across roughly three months — an average of about two performances per week at the arena.

Who is producing, and where will it land?

Three parties are producing: Universal Pictures Content Group, Peanut World Pictures and Styles himself. Variety reports a theatrical release is potentially in the works.

No release date or distributor arrangement has been announced. The producers have not confirmed a title for the documentary.

Why does this hiring matter?

Wilson joins a run of high-profile auteurs taking on concert films. The lineage runs through Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz (1978) and Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense (1984).

Recent months have added three new entries:

• David Byrne recruited Brady Corbet, director of The Brutalist, to film his Baltimore concert in 70mm.
• Paul Thomas Anderson, with help from Benny Safdie, captured Cameron Winter's Carnegie Hall concert live.
• Wilson now becomes the latest filmmaker to helm a musician's concert film in that tradition.

Wilson's credentials sit outside music documentation. His HBO series How To With John Wilson built a following from offbeat urban observation, and he directed The History of Concrete.

That background signals the production's stated aim: backstage and fan perspectives alongside stage footage, rather than a straight performance record.

What comes next?

The residency ends October 31, which likely marks the end of principal photography. Whether the film reaches theaters will depend on Universal Pictures Content Group and Peanut World Pictures, who have not yet announced distribution plans.