Back in February 2024, Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes announced plans to make four separate movies, each from a different Beatles member’s point of view. In a press statement, Mendes said, “I’m honored to be telling the story of the greatest rock band of all time, and excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies.”
A recent report from The InSneider says Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, and Charlie Rowe are rumored to star as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison in Mendes’ upcoming ‘The Beatles‘ biopics. (Note: The cast members have not yet been finalized or signed.)
The film will “tell the astonishing story of the greatest band in history,” leading up to their 1970 breakup. It is confirmed that Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the families of the late John Lennon and George Harrison have granted full life story and music rights for the scripted films.
Mendes will produce alongside his Neal Street Productions partner, Pippa Harris, and Neal Street’s Julie Pastor. Jeff Jones will executive produce for Apple Corps Limited, the multimedia organization founded by the Beatles in 1968.
Tom Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony’s Motion Picture Group said, “I know I speak for our CEO Tony Vinciquerra, who was instrumental in making this happen, and every Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group colleague around the world when I say: ‘yeah, yeah, yeah!’” Rothman added, “Theatrical movie events today must be culturally seismic. Sam’s daring, large-scale idea is that and then some. Pairing his premiere filmmaking team, with the music and the stories of four young men who changed the world, will rock audiences all over the globe.”
Sony Pictures Entertainment will finance and distribute all four films theatrically in 2027.
Source: The InSneider, Variety
