First Images Arrive From Sam Mendes’ Beatles Biopics

(L to R) Paul Mescal is Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson is John Lennon, Joseph Quinn is George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan is Ringo Starr in 'The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event'. Photo: Sony Pictures.

Preview:

The first official pictures of leads Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson as the Beatles are online.
Sam Mendes is busy making linked movies under the banner The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event.
The movies will be released in 2028.

The cameras have already been rolling on Sam Mendes’ ambitious aim to chronicle a particular period in the life of musical sensations The Beatles, known as ‘The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event.’

And we now have our first official look at actors Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, the iconic foursome who changed the face of music in the 1960s and beyond.

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The movies will also feature the likes of Mia McKenna-Bruce, Anna Sawai, Saoirse Ronan and David Morrissey.

What’s the plan for Sam Mendes’ Beatles films?

Paul Mescal is Paul McCartney in 'The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event'. Photo: Sony Pictures.

With the backing of Sony Pictures Classics –– not to mention being granted full life story and music rights by Beatles holding company Apple Corps Ltd. (not the iPhone gang), surviving members McCartney and Starr and the families of deceased colleagues Lennon and Harrison –– Mendes will make four different biopics, covering each Beatles’ experiences during the band’s rise to massive popularity.

Though a strict time period for what the movies will cover has yet to be announced, the idea is for the stories to (naturally intersect), looking to get a fuller, clearer picture of their time than any one movie could hope to accomplish.

Harris Dickinson is John Lennon in 'The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event'. Photo: Sony Pictures.

Here’s what Mendes had to say about the project:

“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.”