The Beatles biopics have formally discovered their Fab 4.
In director Sam Mendes’ upcoming 4 intersecting characteristic movies in regards to the younger British rock band, Paul Mescal will play Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson will play John Lennon, Barry Keoghan will play Ringo Starr and Joseph Quinn will play George Harrison.
Sony, which is producing the 4 initiatives deliberate for April 2028, confirmed the long-rumored Beatles solid at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas on Monday. Mendes, 59, appeared on the Caesar’s Palace occasion to introduce heartfelt video messages from Mescal, Dickinson, Keoghan and Quinn.
“The Beatles modified my understanding of music,” Mendes stated on the annual gathering of theater exhibitors.
Mendes described the movies, collectively known as The Beatles – A 4-Movie Cinematic Occasion, the “first bingable theatrical expertise.” He added that filming will final a yr.
Mendes’ 4 Beatles biopics, every advised from one in every of every band member’s perspective, mark the primary time Apple Corps Ltd. and the group have granted the rights to their life tales and music for the large display. “I’m honored to be telling the story of the best rock band of all time, and excited to problem the notion of what constitutes a visit to the films,” the British filmmaker stated in a February 2024 assertion saying the challenge.
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Starr, 84, just lately advised PEOPLE he was “excited to see what [Mendes] does with” the “insanity of creating 4 motion pictures on the similar time… There’ll be Beatles in mine round after I joined, and there’ll be Beatles in Paul’s. We’ll all be there.”
As rumors swirled across the 4 actors’ casting final yr, director Ridley Scott — who directed each Mescal and Quinn in Gladiator II — seemingly spilled the beans on Mescal enjoying McCartney, 82. Dickinson dodged interview questions on enjoying Lennon, telling The Hollywood Reporter in January that the casting “could be splendid” and “a superb alternative.”
At their presentation, Sony additionally unveiled particulars in regards to the upcoming releases of the subsequent Tom Holland Spider-Man installment, titled Spider-Man: Model New Day, Karate Child: Legends and extra. CinemaCon 2025 runs March 31 to April 3.
