Each member of The Beatles is getting his own biopic. Here's what we know about the 4 films starring Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan.

"Skyfall" director Sam Mendes is working on four biopics about The Beatles: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

Apr 1, 2025 - 13:53

Each member of The Beatles is getting his own biopic. Here's what we know about the 4 films starring Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan.

Four white men all dressed in black standing against a white backdrop. On the left, the tallest man is wearing a black jumper, black suit trousers and black shoes, he has swept-back brown hair. The second man has a brown mullet, and is wearing a black button-up shirt, suit trousers, a black belt, and black boots. The third man has short brown hair with a fringe, he's wearing a black leather jacket, black suit trousers and black boots. The man on the right has a buzz cut and is wearing a black jumper, suit trousers and black boots. — Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, and Joseph Quinn will star in the four movies about The Beatles.
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The director, Sam Mendes, is working on four biopics from the perspective of each member of The Beatles.
Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan are playing members of the iconic British band.
Here's everything we know about The Beatles movies.

The director, Sam Mendes, is working on four biopics about The Beatles.

Mendes, who's known for Oscar-winning films including “American Beauty,” “Skyfall,” and “1917,” has partnered with Sony to work on the ambitious slate of movies about the iconic British band.

In a press release announcing the news, Sony Pictures CEO Tim Rothman said: “Sam’s daring, large-scale idea is that and then some.”

Here’s everything we know about the four movies about The Beatles.

Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan will star in "The Beatles" movies in April 2028.

Four white men all dressed in black standing on a stage with a burnt orange background. On the left, the man has a brown mullet and is wearing a black button-up shirt, suit trousers, a black belt, and black boots. The man next to him on the right has a buzz cut and is wearing a black jumper, suit trousers, and black boots. The third man has short brown hair with a fringe, he's wearing a black leather jacket, black suit trousers and black boots. On the far right, the tallest man is wearing a black jumper, black suit trousers and black shoes, he has swept-back brown hair. — Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan, and Harris Dickinson onstage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
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On Monday, Mendes appeared at CinemaCon in Las Vegas to officially announce the cast for the four Beatles movies. He confirmed that Paul Mescal will play Paul McCartney and Harris Dickinson will play John Lennon.

Joining them are "Saltburn" star Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr and "Fantastic Four" actor Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mendes told the audience: "We're not just making one film about the Beatles — we're making four. Perhaps this is a chance to understand them a little more deeply."

The synopsis for the project reads: "Each man has his own story, but together they are legendary. The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event. In cinemas April 2028."

Each movie will focus on a different member of The Beatles

The Beatles: (left to right) Paul McCartney; George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon on their arrival in 1964 at Heathrow Airport from Paris where they appeared at the Olympia Music Hall. — The Beatles: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon arriving at Heathrow Airport in 1964.
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Each movie will be from the perspective of a different member of the band, meaning Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr will each have their own biopic.

It’s the first time that the band’s company, Apple Corps Ltd., has given permission for the group’s life story and music to be used in a scripted film about them.

Since 1979, 18 unauthorized biopics have been made about the band including 2009’s “Knowhere Boy" starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Lennon and Thomas Brodie-Sangster as McCartney.

The release also says that the four movies “will intersect to tell the astonishing story of the greatest band in history.”

Yes, Mendes is effectively giving audiences The Beatles Cinematic Universe, so get those “Avengers” jokes out of the way now.

Sam Mendes will have 'no limits' telling The Beatles’ story

Sam Mendes at "The Hills Of California" press night at Sophie's Soho in London.
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In an interview with Deadline in February 2024, Pippa Harris, who will produce the films, said the band’s surviving members, McCartney and Starr, have given their blessing for Mendes to work on the four films.

“It’s a testament to his creative brilliance and powers of persuasion that Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sean Lennon, and Olivia Harrison responded with such warmth and enthusiasm as soon as he spoke with them,” she said, referring to John Lennon's son and George Harrison's widow.

Harris went on to say that Mendes will have no restrictions on what he depicts from the band members’ lives.

She said: “What is truly exciting is for Sam to have the freedom to delve into the lives of each of the Beatles, with nothing off limits and no sense of the band wanting him to tell a particular ‘authorised’ version of their rise to success.”

Starr also gave his blessing via a post on X.