There was no scarcity of films concerning the Beatles. However the director Sam Mendes is embarking on a challenge that stands aside for its ambition — 4 movies, every from a distinct band member’s perspective — and now we all know who might be enjoying the Fab 4.
The movies will star Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, in response to Mr. Mendes’s manufacturing firm.
The 4 movies, which can inform the story of one of many world’s most influential and adored bands, might be launched collectively in April 2028, “creating the primary bingeable theatrical expertise,” the corporate wrote.
In saying the movies final 12 months, Mr. Mendes, the British director greatest recognized for movies like “American Magnificence” (1999) and “Revolutionary Street” (2008), mentioned he was “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.”
He introduced the forged on the CinemaCon conference in Las Vegas on Monday, in response to The Hollywood Reporter.
Whereas the Beatles have been big-screen topics earlier than — together with in Danny Boyle’s “Yesterday” (2019) and Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Nowhere Boy” (2009) — that is the primary time that the members of the band and their estates have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted movie, in response to Sony Footage.
Right here’s a take a look at who might be enjoying the Fab 4:
Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney
Paul Mescal’s profile skyrocketed final summer time when the 29-year-old starred in Ridley Scott’s historic epic “Gladiator II.” That adopted acclaimed performances within the romantic drama “All of Us Strangers,” and the father-daughter story “Aftersun,” which earned him an Oscar nomination in 2023 for greatest actor.
But it surely was his first tv function, as Connell in Hulu’s 2020 TV sequence “Regular Folks,” that catapulted the Irish actor to fame and turned him right into a intercourse image. He’s at present starring in as Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Need” on the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and can play William Shakespeare in an upcoming film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel “Hamnet.”
Harris Dickinson as John Lennon
The British actor Harris Dickinson, 28, broke out within the 2017 unbiased movie “Seashore Rats,” wherein he performed a younger man grappling together with his sexuality. He later had starring roles within the historic drama “The King’s Man,” the homicide thriller “The place the Crawdads Sing,” and the darkish comedy “Triangle of Unhappiness.”
Dickinson’s fame reached new ranges together with his efficiency in “Babygirl” in 2024. Within the movie, he performed an intern who turns into entangled in an affair together with his married boss, performed by Nicole Kidman.
Joseph Quinn as George Harrison
Joseph Quinn, 31, performed Eddie Munson within the fourth season of the tv sequence “Stranger Issues.” He additionally starred reverse Lupita Nyong’o final 12 months in “A Quiet Place: Day One,” and appeared alongside Mescal in “Gladiator II.”
The British actor is about to develop into a well-known face within the Marvel Universe because the Human Torch, a task he’ll play in “The Unbelievable 4: First Steps,” due out this summer time, and within the upcoming movies “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars.”
Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr
Barry Keoghan was a scene stealer in his supporting roles in “Dunkirk,” “The Inexperienced Knight,” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which earned him an Oscar nomination for greatest supporting actor in 2022.
The Irish actor’s first starring function was within the transgressive “Saltburn” (2023), which turned a shock hit on streaming providers final 12 months.
